PRCo 68--line Phantom Trolley Car

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Now, that is interesting!  I didn't know that a truncated route 68 operated beyond
the abandonment date.  Wonder how often that happened?   Did you find a follow-up
story to this?   (Patience, Matt.)

Matt

Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> PRCo   68--line   Phantom   Trolley   Car
>
>         "IF   YOU   SAW   a car downtown signed up with a rt.68 roll sign, your
> eyes weren't playing tricks on you, and you hadn't been drinking too
> much.   Trollies actually   HAVE   been operating on the inner portion
> of rt.68.   It's a long story:    tardy buses, union rules, stand-by
> service, etc.   We'll give you the details at the Thursday meeting."
>
> P.E.R.C.   *Trolley   Fare*   Vol V #10,   February 1959.
> =========================================
>
> James B. Holland
>
>         Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
>     To e-mail privately, please click here: mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
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