[PRCo] Re: carhouses & connections

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Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon and Fayette City
Street Railway Co. and sister Westside Transit Co.
ran until May 1, 1933, when service was "suspended".
The line remained intact for another year or so but 
trolley service was never resumed -- I do not know the 
actual abandonment date(s).  Bus substitution did 
follow with a hand-me-down fleet of Yellow Coach
and, perhaps, a Fageol or two (30'+or-, front engine) 
which were replaced circa 1936 with a fleet of new 
Yellow Coach (25'+or- rear engine buses).  I do not 
recall whether or not this was by the same ownership 
(management of service on the two trolley companies 
was by Pittsburgh Railways Co. by contract dating from 
circa 1926 -- I do not know when this contract was 
cancelled or allowed to expire.)  I would be hard pressed
to produce a bibliography on all of this because, except
for the PRCo contract info, all is based on first-hand
experience.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
Holland
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:35 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: carhouses & connections



>> On 1 May 01, at 13:03, Jim Holland wrote:

>>  To be a little more precise:::::::

>>   Butler over East Street
>>   Butler over Etna
>>   WP at Trafford
>>   WP and 94-line.
>>   WP in McKeesport

> Donald Galt wrote:

> How about Westside Electric at Charleroi? Didn't that involve a
> physical crossing of the two systems?

	Tom Phillips says::  Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon and Fayette City
Street Railway Co.  Were they still running in 1920??  Guess they were,
come to think of it.  I remember reading a first-person-perspective
written by Tom when he lived near the Charleroi line and he mentioned
that they were still operating - and he wasn't even a gleam in anyone's
eye in 1920!!

> And isn't it rather strange that there was never a connection
> between Sewickley and the Beaver Valley system?

	I've had similar musings.  Think that was an  *intent*  in the very
early days, but one without follow-thru!!

	What about the 13-Emsworth line?  Didn't that used to have some kind of
interurban connection??  The PRMA map shows a previous extension to
Dixmont.

-- 
James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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