[PRCo] Re: 46--line vs 49--line --- & 47--line

[Donald Galt]

On 9 Jun 01, at 23:25, Jim Holland wrote:

> 
> > "Originally, the route number 49 designated the
> > Beltzhoover via Mt. Washington Tunnel service ... with the
> > service via Arlington Avenue being designated 46
> > Brownsville. Except for the first two outbound cars
> > beginning in 1968 in order to save a second early weekday
> > car, the Mt. Washington Tunnel routing was dropped on Jan
> > 11, 1940 with the introduction of PCCs to the line and the
> > 46 Brownsville designation was changed to 49 Beltzhoover
> > on September 30, 1946 with no change in routing."
> 
> DON::	SHOULD  "1968"  ABOVE  READ  *-1938??-*
> 

Don't think so. This was an exception to the closure of the 
Beltzhoover-via-tunnel service, apparently not inaugurated 
until many years after the closure.

Don