[PRCo] Re: Beeses vs Trolleycars

[John Swindler]

>Matt asked:
>
>
>John - you mentioned remembering the prw on the 56 line.   Do you recall if 
>there
>were any short trestles or bridges as the line came up alongside Mifflin 
>Road?  To
>this day, there are sections of Mifflin Road that I can't fathom had 
>double-tracked
>prw alongside, without Mifflin Road disappearing into a mere narrow 
>walkway.  I
>live in Munhall now, so I travel Mifflin Road quite a bit.  It appears as 
>though
>there may have been some bridges over the creek that runs parallel to the 
>road.  I
>see a stray wooden brace, and sometimes iron brace sticking up on the other 
>side of
>the creek.
>
>Matt
>


Probably should have been, but don't remember any.

Going outbound, 56 cars crossed the 'rickety' (for lack of a better term) 
Glenwood bridge, then a stretch of PRW (with crossover for double end short 
turns??????) next to a factory building, into street and under B&O, then 
think it was in center of Mifflin Road for maybe half mile before becoming 
double track prw on east side of Mifflin Road to Interboro Ave.  Near 
Interboro it wandered couple hundred feet away from Mifflin Road.  I don't 
recall any bridges over the creek, but was only about 14 at the time.  A 
more recent road map implies that Mifflin Road now goes over, rather then 
under the B&O.

There were three cars assigned to 56 on Sundays.  They passed in Glenwood 
and near the Dravosburg Bridge, so one could ride back and forth on the 
center prw portion of the line.  Would do the same on Library/Drake, riding 
between Oak stop and Castle Shannon or St. Annes.

The Sunday/Holiday pass was good training in one's youth for amazing the 
uninitiated nowadays in one's ability to navigate public transit.  Still 
seems to amaze my wife when I provide transit directions to strangers during 
our travels. (most recently happened in Toronto).

John



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