South Hills Junction-38 car assignments

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

John Swindler wrote:
> 
> Vigrass, Bill wrote
> 
> >Re: Car assignments.  Some time ago one of you mentioned that PRCo assigned
> >its better cars to lines serving higher income areas. . . .

I mentioned I have read and heard that. I do not know if it is true.
> >I had been told by my friend who lived on Bower Hill Road in Mt. Lebanon
> >(just beyond the loop) that during WWII that high floor two man cars were
> >used as trippers on the #38.  It now occurs to me that these cars had
> >transverse seats and equalized trucks, so probably rode better than the low
> >floor cars with their single spring arch bar trucks.
> >

> How about:  Where did Pittsburgh Ry and Philadelphia Co. upper management
> live?  Someone once mentioned Mt. Lebanon.  That could be verified by
> checking old city directories, which are on microfilm at Carnegie Library.
> Just a thought.

C.D. Palmer lived about three houses away from my uncle in Mt. Lebanon.
My uncle lived on Mayfair Drive, south of the loop on Washington Road. I
am not sure if Mr. Palmer's residence was on Mayfair or the street
intersecting it near my uncle's house.  Ken J.