PAT Arch St. wye

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	A 1917 map of the North Side shows only a single turn into Arch from
outbound North Avenue; ditto this for the ERA maps of 1945 and 1949. 
The track then moves to Jacksonia and reconnects with the mainline it
left at Monterey.
	The 08-April-1956 PRCo Track Map of Downtown and Near Northside Area
shows the wye configuration at Arch and north and indicates that it is
not in daily use but is available in emergencies.
	NONE of the maps list what route might have used the track along Arch
and Jacksonia.

> Bob Rathke wrote:

> The 1959 PERC map shows the Arch St. wye as a remnant of a single-track line
> that ran on Arch and Jacksonia Streets, apparantly a bypass or alternate route
> to the main double-track line on North Ave. and Monterrey Street.

> Does anyone know which route ran on Arch and Jacksonia, or was that line
> simply an alternate to North Ave., and if so, was that why the Arch St. wye
> remained active into 1966? 

> In 1966, the short track on Arch St. could hold one - possibly two - PCCs.

James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
    To e-mail privately, please click here: mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
N.M.R.A.  Life member #2190; http://www.mcs.net:80/~weyand/nmra/