[PRCo] Re: 24--Schoenville

[John Swindler]

The original plan was for Schoenville line to be extended to Sewickley, but 
then changed to Island Ave. routing.  Reference is testimony of PRC official 
at PUC application A-11742 in 1924: Discontinue streetcar service certain 
streets in McKees Rocks.  The microfilm copy refers to several oversize 
exhibits:  could be track maps but would have to request retrieval of 
official file from archives.





>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: "-->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -<--" 
><pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] 24--Schoenville
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:12:37 -0700
>
>
>HI!
>	In addition to a one-time connection of this line to the  23--25--26
>lines at River Road, there was a connection from Hichol Ave on the East
>to the 25-line on Island Ave.  This connection went southwest and even
>had a passing siding but was a single track connection on either end.
>
>	Additionally, the western end of the 24-line apparently went onto
>Neville Island for a short distance at one time.  Whether or not the
>same bridge was used is unclear - it does not appear to be a connection
>to the 23-line at the eastern trestle onto the Island but a separate but
>nearly identical alignment, according to the PRMA map.
>
>--
>James B. Holland
>

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