Route 40

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

Thanks for remembering Ken.

Did the bus run the same route as the streetcars?  It seems to me that they
did not go the Bertha- Sycamore- Shiloh route, but went from Grandview Ave.
to Virginia Ave via Bingham St. ort Merrimac St. which were wider and
straighter. 

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	HRBran99 at aol.com [mailto:HRBran99 at aol.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, March 08, 2000 12:43 AM
To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject:	Re: Route 40

In a message dated 03/08/2000 12:09:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
kjosephson at sprintmail.com writes:

<<  PAT ever substituted
 with buses on this line after streetcar service ended. Some of the turns
 and curves that appeared to barely allow a streetcar through do not seem
 very enticing to bus service.  >>

During a few months at Collier Division (bus) I did run the Mt. Washington 
bus. The route was always serviced by GMC or Flxibles. No 40 foot buses
could 
navigate the turns and tight streets. The only time anything adverse ever 
happened was when a heavy snowfall began around 3:00 PM and continued
through 
the rush hour. I and my follow and my leader were all stuck at the same
spot, 
unable to get up one of the hills. We all spent until around 11:00 PM on 
scenic Mt. Washington.
HrB