Old PRCo route numbers
Vigrass, Bill
billvigrass at hillintl.com
Fri Nov 19 11:19:15 EST 1999
The list of routes is interesting. I recall that on my first visit to PRC
in 1944 that the Heidelberg line was a shuttle but it ran some distance on
Main Street beyond the junction. We rode 27 Carnegie. The next time I
visited PRC probably 1947, Heidelberg had PCC's and ran through. Progress!
But where was the shuttle end of line? The track map shows no crossovers so
I would assume it was at the car house. Izzat correct? Bill Vigrass
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From: John Swindler [SMTP:j_swindler at hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 11:15 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Old PRCo route numbers
On 13 Nov 99 Don Galt replied to Ken Josephson's question:
> >
> > BTW, are there any Pittsburgh Route numbers which were intended
for use
> > but never implemented? Ken J.
>
>The following doesn't answer Ken's question, but I thought I'd put
it forth
>in preliminary form. It's a list of internal PRCo 3-digit route
numbers
>from the Arnold report of 1910, discussed earlier in this thread.
>
>
The following doesn't answer Ken's question either, but some of the
people
on this list may find it of interest. This list is courtesy of Port
Authority Transit and apparently dates to about 1960/61 because of
conversion dates "not" shown. Maybe 99 available numbers doesn't
equal 99
routes afterall.
Out of curiosity, was there a historical reason for starting at the
Allegheny River and generally numbering routes counter clockwise
around the
city?
John
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Pittsburgh Railways streetcar lines operated since 1906
(note: source Port Authority Transit, but probably dates to
1960/61)
Date is that of abandonment or conversion to buses
1 Spring Garden 1957
2 Etna 1952
3 Millvale 1952
4 Troy Hill 1956
5 Spring Hill 1957
6 Brighton Road
6/13 Brighton-Emsworth night car
6/14 Brighton-Avalon night car, 1960
6/15 Brighton-Bellevue night car, 1959
7 Charles Street-PRR Station
7 Charles Street
8 Perrysville Avenue
9 Perrysville-Charles
9 Charles St. Shuttle 1951
10 West View
11 East Street cutback 10
12 Evergreen Road 1953
13 Emsworth
14 Avalon cutback 13
15 Bellevue-West View
16 Superior avenue Transfer
16 16th Street
16 California Avenue
17 Reedsdale Shuttle
18 Woods Run
19 Western Avenue
19 Western-Woods Run night car, 1960
20 Rebecca Street
20 Revbecca Transfer
21 Fineview
22 Crosstown
23 Sewickley-Corapolis 1953
23 Neville Island 1953
24 Schoenville Transfer 1952
25 Island Avenue 1959
26 West Park 1959
27 Carnegie 1959
27/30 Carnegie-Crafton
28 Heidelberg 1959
28 Heidelberg Shuttle 1945
29 Thornburg 1959
30 Crafton-Ingram-Sheraden
30 Crafton-Ingram 1959
31 Sheraden-Ingram
31/34 Elliott-Sheraden-Ingram 1959
32 P&LE Transfer 1953
33 Mt. Washington-West End 1933
34 Elliott
35 Shannon-Library
36 Overbrook
36 Shannon-Drake
37 Shannon
38 Mt. Lebanon
38/42 Mt. Lebanon-Beechview night car
38A Mt. Lebanon-Castle Shannon
39 Brookline
40 Mt. Washington
41 Shiloh
42 Dormont
43 Neeld Avenue (note: should indicate 42 cutback)
44 Knosville and PRR Station
44/48 Knoxville-Arlington night car
45 Knoxville 1925
46 Brownsville
47 Carrick Via Tunnel
48 Arlington
49 Beltzhoover
50 Carson Street
51 Bon Air
52 36th Street Shuttle
53 Carrick
54 Forbes-Carrick
55 Homestead-Braddock-East Pittsburgh via 2nd Avenue
55A Homestead-Munhall via 2nd Avenue cutback 55
56 McKeesport via 2nd Avenue
56A Lincoln Place via 2nd Avenue cutback 56
56B Evans Avenue-Tenth Ward via 2nd Avenue
57 Glenwood
58 Greenfield
59 Carrick-Carson
59 Homeville-Homestead 1953
60 Wast Liberty-Homestead 1958
61 Library Street
62 East Pittsburgh-Trafford
63 Trafford via Forbes
63 Corey Avenue
64 Wilkinsburg-East Pittsburgh
65 Homeville-Mifflin
65 Lincoln Place-Munhall
66 Wilkinsburg via Forbes (note: should indicate cutback 64)
67 Swissvale-Rankin-Braddock
68 Homestead-Kenywood-Duquesne-McKeesport 1958
69 Squirrel Hill-Kennywood cutback 68, 1958
69 Squirrel Hill cutback 68, 1958
70
71 Negley
71/75 Negley-Wilkinsburg night car, 1960
72 Bloomfield
73 Highland
74 (note: what were numbers for North Highland & South
Highland; and
numbers for loop via Shady Ave.?)
75 East Liberty-Wilkinsburg
76 Hamilton (note: original 76 may have only gone to
Center St. in
Wilkinsburg, and via Jane St. was extension)
77 Bloomfield
77/54 North Side-Carrick via Bloomfield
78 Laketon Road 1953
78 Verona
79 Shady
80
81 Atwood 1951
82 Lincoln
83
84 Larimer
85 Bedford
86 East Liberty Express
87 Ardmore
88 Frankstown
89 Frankstown
90
91
92 Bloomfield
93 New Kensington note: West Penn cars
94 Sharpsburg-Aspinwall 1960
95 Butler Street cutback 94, 1960
96 East Liberty-62nd Street 1960
97 Duquesne-McKeesport
98 Glassport-Wilmerding
98 Glassport
99 Glassport-Evans Avenue
W-1 Jefferson & Maiden 1953
W-2
W-3
W-4 East & West 1953
W-5 North Washington 1953
Riverview-Roscoe 1925
Butler Short Line 1931
Harmony 1931
Charleroi 1953
Riverview 1953
Washington 1953
Canonsburg 1953
Donora Local 1953
Donora Interurban 1925
>----------------------8<----------------------------8<---------------------
--
>Pittsburgh Railways Route Numbers
>From Bion J. Arnold, Report on the Pittsburgh Transportation
Problem, 1910
>
>- 101 Spring Garden
>- 102 Etna
>- 102½ Pittsburgh and Butler
>- 103 Millvale
>- 104 High Bridge
>- 104 Avalon and Emsworth
>- 104 Avalon
>- 105 Bellevue
>- 105-8 Bellevue - West View
>- 106 Perrysville Ave.
>- 106½ Perrysville to Charles St.
>- 107 Brighton Road
>- 108 East St. and Madison Ave.
>- 108-5 West View - Bellevue
>- 109 Charles St.
>- 110 Charles St. Transfer
>- 111 Troy Hill
>- 111½ Troy Hill via North Ave. and East St.
>- 112 Rebecca St.
>- 113 Penn via Union
>- 114 Western Ave.
>- 115 Union Line to Woods Run
>- 114½ Union Bridge, Manchester Barn via Bidwell St.
>- 115½ Union Line to West Run via Fulton, Franklin Sts.
>- 116 Exposition Park - Old Baseball Grounds
>
>- 122 Superior and Shady Ave. Transfer
>- 123 Spring Hill Transfer
>- 124 Nunnery Hill
>- 126 Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler, New Castle
>
>- 201 West Park
>- 202 Oakwood Park
>- 202-3 Carnegie - Heidelberg
>- 204 Crafton - Ingram
>- 205 Crafton - Thornburg
>- 206 Mt. Washington via West End
>- 207 Elliott - Sheraden
>- 208 Island Ave. and McKees Rocks
>- 209 Coraopolis
>- 210 P. & L.E. Transfer
>
>- 211 Shoenville Transfer
>- 213 Mt. Washington via Tunnel
>- 213A Shiloh St., Mt. Washington
>
>- 301 Carson St.
>- 302 HaysStation and 36th St.
>- 303 Knoxville
>- 304 Mt. Lebanon and Castle Shannon
>- 305 Knoxville, Mt. Oliver and Carrick
>
>- 305A J. & L. Trippers
>- 306 Beltzhoover
>- 307 Arlington Ave. and Union Depot
>- 307A Allentown
>- 310 Carson St. via Tenth St. Bridge
>
>- 312 Beechview
>- 313 Brookline
>- 314 Bon Air
>- 315 Sarah St. (horse car)
>- 316 18th St. franchise
>
>- 317 Bell House
>- 318 Carrick - Knoxville
>
>- 401 Glenwood via Second Ave.
>- 402 Greenfield Ave.
>- 403 Homstead, Braddock, Wilmerding
>- 404 Corey Ave.
>- 407 McKeesport
>
>- 408 Glassport and Wilmerding
>- 409 Market St., McKeesport, Dravosburg
>- 410 Walnut St., McKeesport, Dravosburg
>- 411 Exposition Loop
>- 413 Keating and Talbot Ave., Braddock
>
>- 413 Glenwood and Browns Bridge
>
>- 501 Homestead and McKeesport
>- 502 East Pittsburgh via Homestead
>- 503 East Pittsburgh via Wilkinsburg
>- 503A Hawkins via Wilkinsburg
>- 504 Swissvale, Rankin and Braddock
>
>- 506 Homestead and Homeville
>- 510 Trippers
>- 518 Wilmerding, Pitcairn, Trafford City
>- 521 Homestead via Shady, Penn Aves.
>- 525 Library St.
>
>- 601 Forbes and Atwood Streets
>- 602 Bloomfield Loop via Penn
>- 602 Bloomfield Loop via Forbes
>- 605 Oakland via Fifth
>
>- 702 Shady Ave. Loop via Penn
>- 702 Shady Ave. Loop via Fifth
>- 703 Fifth and Penn
>- 704 Penn Ave.
>- 705 Hamilton Ave.
>
>- 706 Frankstown Ave.
>- 708 Wilkinsburg, Verona & Oakmont
>- 711 Shady Ave. transfer
>- 712 Wilkinsburg via Forbes St.
>- 714 East Liberty Express
>
>- 716 Ardmore
>- 716A Ardmore Tripper
>
>- 801 Forbes St., Ellsworth, Larimer Aves.
>- 801½ Fores St., Neville & Larimer
>- 802 Euclid & St. Clair
>- 803 S. Highland via Fifth
>- 805 Center & Negley Ave.
>
>- 806 N. Highland via Forbes
>- 807 Wylie, Center & Lincoln Ae.
>
>- 901 Wylie, Bedford & Herron Ave.
>- 902 Wylie, Center & Larimer Ave.
>- 903 Erin St.
>
>-1001 Sharpsburg & Aspinwall
>-1001½ Allegheny Valley
>-1002 Penn & Negley Aves.
>-1002 Pann & Butler to Bridge St.
>-1004 Sharpsburg - Etna Transfer
>
>-1101 Charleroi
>-1102 Charleroi (local cars)
>-1103 Donora
>-1104 Lucyville
>
>-1202 Castle Shannon
>
>-1301 Tylersdale to E. Maiden St
>-1302 Washington & Canonsburg Local
>-1303 Washington to Pittsburgh
>-1304 E. and W. Washington
>-1305 Main St. and Locust St.
>
>
>
>
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