Route--60--E. Liberty to Homestead

[John Swindler]

Normal terminal for 60 was Munhall Loop which it shared with 65.  Purpose 
was to provide transportation between residential housing in East 
Liberty/East End and Homestead Works/Mesta, etc.  (Very) vague recollection 
of occasionally catching 60 car extended to Kennywood during summer months.  
We would transfer from 64 in Squirrel Hill.

And what about 69??  Was that also extended to Kennywood in summer?

Concerning Rankin Bridge routing, John Baxter once mentioned that the south 
to east switches at Braddock Jct. where for Kennywood trippers from 
Wilkinsburg.  This would have been before mid-50s.

Don't forget that the ERA map was not drawn in Pittsburgh.

John


>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -- <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: Route--60--E. Liberty  to  Homestead
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:23:00 -0800
>
>Greetings!
>
>	As I understand the route, from E. Liberty the car runs on Penn, Shady,
>Forbes, Murray, Hazelwood, Browns Hill Road, and 8th Ave. in Homestead
>to a loop *before* the Rankin Bridge.  This URL is of 1259 at Kennywood
>(http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/wvp138.htm) so I assume the
>route is extended past its normal terminal along Duquesne Blvd to
>Kennywood.
>	The June 1949 ERA map of PRCo indicates that the 60 turns left onto the
>Rankin Bridge and follows the 67 line northwest to Forbes.  But if this
>is the case, it must turn right at Forbes and then travel either the 87
>or 76 back to Penn in E. Liberty as it is impossible to make a right
>turn from Forbes onto Shady.  I assume that this is an error in the
>map.  Someone else asked me about this and I would just like to confirm.
>
>James B. Holland
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