[PRCo] Re: Ardmore Wye???????

[Fred W. Schneider III]

We have pictures ... many pictures ... of cars in the Wilmerding wye. 
Right at the tail track of the wye was the staircase from the pedestrian
subway under the Pennsylvania Railroad.  At shift changes at
Westinghouse Air Brake, people would literally be swarming around the
cars as the motormen backed them into the wye.  Remember, PRC cars had
no back up controllers except on certain interurban cars.  The wye at
Wilmerding was replaced by a loop in the 1950s ... I have a color print
of a 4800 in the wye taken by a friend who worked at the New Kensington
"Y" in 1950-1952.  In the later case, "Y" is synonymous with YMCA.  

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> 
> I believe this is correct.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Holland
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:27 AM
> To: -->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -<--
> Subject: [PRCo] Ardmore Wye???????
> 
> HI!
> 
>         The March--04--1945  ERA  PRCo  map shows a wye at the end of the
> Ardmore line on the old line that ran through to McKeesport!!
> 
>         IS This Accurate??
> 
>         The wye was on Station street.  The car would back off Station into the
> leg of the wye and then turn to head back inbound!!
> 
> --
> James B. Holland