[PRCo] Re: East Street and Harmony Route to West View

Fred W. Schneider III fschnei at supernet.com
Sat Jul 21 20:45:31 EDT 2001


They were all single-ended cars.  But I do not know if they had back up
controllers for hostling maneuvers. 

mrb190 wrote:
> 
> I recall reading in a booklet pertaining to the Butler & Harmony lines about
> special trips to West View Park.
> 
> The book indicated that the Butler/Harmony riders bound to West View,  had to
> travel all the way into the North Side before backtracking to West View Park.  On
> the PRMA map, there appears to be a crossover track just a bit south of where East
> Street and Evergreen split.  The Harmony cars would have come off the private right
> of way onto Evergreen and then on to East.  If they were double-ended, what was to
> prevent them from switching over and then travelling up East to Perrysville Avenue,
> etc.?
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt




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