Route--60--E. Liberty to Homestead

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 03/28/2000 3:46:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:

<< so I assume the
 route is extended past its normal terminal along Duquesne Blvd to
 Kennywood. >>

Kennywood, I cannot be sure of. However, I did operate the bus route which 
replaced the 60 trolley (bus 64A) and it did run the same route as the 
trolley except in the East Liberty section.

Most trips ended at Munhall Loop. When you departed the loop with the bus you 
even had to pull up to the "signal switch" and get out and push the button to 
get a red signal for 'outbound' auto traffic on 8th Avenue. You could then 
get out on the street and block 'outbound' and wait for 'inbound' auto 
traffic to ease up and then you could begin the inbound bus trip. The trolley 
did the same thing.

As for the Rankin Bridge..........I did one trip on the bus which duplicated 
the former trolley schedule. You bypassed Munhall Loop, continued to a left 
on Rankin Bridge to the opposite side of the Mon River, made a right around 
the looping ramp, made a right onto Braddock Avenue (under the bridge), sat 
there for recovery time, then made a right onto the looping ramp back up to 
the bridge deck and crossed the river back to 8th Avenue and Homestead. I 
once asked a 'Route Foreman' why that trip was made (I always carried zero 
passengers) and he told me the streetcar used to make that trip to get mill 
workers across the river to catch the 67 and it just remained in the 
schedule. It did remain in the schedule until the late 1970s. 

HrB