Ken's Carhouses & railfan trip thoughts...

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000 brathke at juno.com wrote:

> After Keating closed in September, 1965, I believe that 6/14 and 21 ran
> out of SHJ (until the end of April, 1966) because of a lack of buses for
> use on 13 (and then 6/14) which was a relatively long line.  21-Fineview
> was short, could be operated with one or two cars, and shared half it's
> route with 8-Perrysville which was abandoned in September, 1965.  So why
> was route 21 kept running for eight months?  I suspect it was because PAT
> didn't have suitable buses to replace the Fineview trolleys in September,
> 1965.  Any comments?

I'd guess the streets were at that point not yet suitable for buses,
wasn't there right of way which would need to be converted?

-D