Trivia Questions for Old--Timers !!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	For answers, check out page-5 of the Jan-Feb-1979 *Trolley-Fare* where
all this and more information is given!

Fred Schneider wrote:

> Have no idea.  You should note however that the company had 202 DE low floor
> cars, part of the 100 4700s (It took a long while to get them all
> delivered).  Other than that the fleet had a lot of high floor cars plus
> hundreds and hundreds of single truck open and closed cars.

> The interurbans had 3600s and the new 3700-3714 group.  I'm not sure when
> the four W&C cars because freight cars, they may still have been running.  I
> would imagine, however, that there was very limited rush service on the
> inner end ... the area beyond the tunnel did not develop until years later.
> If you were to look at the very busy 38 and 42 lines, at that time they ran
> very infrequently because no one lived there.  South of Mount Washington was
> farm country punctuated by a few mine patches like Simmons, Mine 3, and so
> forth.

> Of course, Jim, the route cards at Arden do show some of that information
> you want.

>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From:   Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net]
>                 Sent:   Sunday, March 12, 2000 4:13 AM
>                 To:     PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3*
>                 Subject:        Trivia  Questions  for  Old--Timers
 
>                 Greetings!

>                         For July of 1917, list the major car types (by first
> number of series)
>                 usually assigned to the following routes:::::::::

>                          1--Spring Garden
>                          2--Etna
>                          8--Perrysville
>                         10--West View--Bellvue
>                         21--Nunnery Hill
>                         26--West Park
>                         27--Carnegie
>                         33--Mt. Washington--West End
>                         37--Castle Shannon--Fair Haven
>                         39--Brookline
>                         40--Mt. Washington
>                         42--Beechview
>                         43--Beechview to Neeld
>                         46--Brownsville
>                         53--Carrick
>                         56--McKeesport
>                         63--Trafford City Express
>                         67--Swissvale
>                         68--Homestead-Kennywood-Duquesne-McKeesport
>                         73--Highland
>                         88--Frankstown
>                         94--Sharpsburg
>                          C--Charleroi
>                          W--Washington

James B. Holland
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