Frankstown in Oakland

[John Swindler]

>From: HRBran99 at aol.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: Frankstown in Oakland
>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:38:45 EDT
>
>In a message dated 10/14/00 1:10:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>mrb190+ at pitt.edu writes:
>
><< But it seems strange to me that this 88 car would run out 5th
>  Avenue to get to its destination on the 88 line, without being a revenue 
>car
>  first.  I mean, wouldn't it be more practical to go out as an extra 76
>Hamilton
>  with a cardboard sign saying it only went to Tioga Loop, then get on to 
>the
>88
>  line? >>
>
>In checking the PATransit routing/schedule sheets from 1965 I find that Rt 
>88
>operated out of Craft Avenue CH. Homewood had been converted to an all bus
>operating division. Heavy trolley maintenance was, however, still done at
>Homewood.
>
>
>The sheet for 88-FRANKSTOWN contains the following notations:
>
>On-road/Off-road trips:
>On road trips to Braddock/Felicia via Forbes, Craig, RT 71 and regular 
>route
>from Penn/Negley [allow 10 minutes recovery time].
>
>On road trips to Tioga Street Loop via RT 76 with 5 minutes recovery [show
>5th/Halket time].
>
>Off road trips from Tioga St Loop via RT 76 with no recovery [show 
>5th/Halket
>time].
>
>On/Off road trips to and from city: show 5th/Halket time
>
>PM On-Road trips to city via RT 77/54 northbound [show Penn/Main time]
>
>
>Standby cars are to be stored in yard at Lang/Felicia as follows, with
>operators traveling via Regular Scheduled Service as required:
>Weekday-1 car from after AM peak to beginning of PM peak
>                1 car from after AM peak to last evening relief available 
>to
>return car
>Sat/Sun---1 car from first available relief to last evening relief 
>available
>to return car
>
>Night cars are extended to Jane St. Loop and operate on and off road from
>City.
>
>
>******End of Schedule Sheet Information******
>
>I was always common with both PRCo and PAT to require operators to pick
>up/discharge passengers on pull-in/pull-out trips. Therefore, the car would
>make some money if anyone wanted to ride it.
>
>HrB
>


Same thing in Chicago.  Spent two summers at North Park Garage.  
Pull-in/Pull-out route for our north-south routes Sheridan Rd., Clark St., 
and Broadway was over Foster St., an east-west route which operated out of 
Forest Glen.  We didn't have rt. 92 Foster St. headsigns.  Didn't use 
cardboard signs either.  But we would run over rt 92 with a 'short-turn' 
headsign such as 36 Broadway/Foster and pick up any waiting passengers, 
telling them where we were going.  Most wanted to transfer to the 'el'.  
Employee schedule specified route and times so that we would generally 
supplement rt. 92 schedule.  We were in-service at first bus stop after 
leaving garage.  Today that seems to have become a foreign concept amongst 
Pa. public transit authorities.

Enjoyed the above about PRC operations.  Thanks for saving PRC/PAT routing 
sheets.

John

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