Kenosha and Pittsburgh trolleys

[brathke at juno.com]

Yesterday, I visited Kenosha, WI and rode and photographed the new
downtown trolley line that opened on June 17.  Three ex-Toronto PCCs are
on the property and are painted for Cincinnati, Toronto and either
Chicago or Louisville (it looks like a Chicago car, but the paint is a
darker shade of green).  It's a super operation, costs 25 cents to ride
as long as you want, and the car I rode was 80-90% full all day.

Anyway, in describing the Kenosha system which has track in about 30
blocks on four streets, I related the distance to Carson St. in
Pittsburgh, and said it was comparable to a run on Carson St. from
Station Square to 18th St., then a return to Station Square via the P&LE
right of way.  I also noted that Kenosha is talking about an extension
that would involve uncovering long-ago asphalted tracks. I suspect that
there are still tracks under parts of Carson St.  If Kenosha can justify
a traffic-building trolley system in an area of town that's just starting
to be redeveloped, why couldn't Pittsburgh build one to connect two
mature shopping and entertainment neighborhoods?  Politics, maybe?

If anyone wants to see my Kenosha trip report and photos, please contact
me off-line.

Bob 6/25

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