Old PRCo route numbers

[Donald Galt]

On 23 Nov 99, at 17:18, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> 
> > 18th STREET FRANCHISE remains a mystery.
> 
> Guess: a car which ran daily on some part of 18th to maintain the
> conditions of the line's franchise. In later years there was a daily
> early-morning 62 Trafford run to maintain that franchise, but I can't
> guess which part of 18th that would have been necessary for
> 
As you say.

I'm not aware of any trackage on 18th Street that didn't see uninterrupted 
revenue service into the 1970s.

The return distance of 10.28 miles is a significant route, but it is peak-hour 
only, and not particularly heavily-served (20 minute headway.) Franchise 
cars typically operated only once a day, or once a week or whatever. Is it 
possible that this was a service required by the franchise, rather than just a 
car run to keep the track legally open? Sort of like the Parliamentary trains 
("parleys") in the UK.

I do not see on the list, BTW, anything easily recognisable as a South Side 
- Oakland service. I know that there was no North Side - Carrick in those 
days (a portion of that route can be seen in 602 Bloomfield Loop, right?) but 
there must surely have been something crossing the Brady Street Bridge.

D2