[PRCo] Re: carhouses & connections

[Dennis F. Cramer]

    Thanks you to all that helped provide the information below.  I culled
through the notes and attempted to put that information into an order.  We
seem to have connections to PRCo from several directions.

    Unfortunately, I do not have PCC From Coast to Coast in my library as of
yet.  (I know, slap my hands) so the question of carhouses goes unanswered.
To sweeten the pot:   How many carhouses were there?  What was their
location?  How many are left and what are their uses today?

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The Butler interurban, shared trackage.
West Penn in Trafford.
To be a little more precise:::::::

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


      There was a track connection between PRC and West Penn in Duquesne.
The line from McKeesport to Duquesne was originally West Penn Ry., (actually
predecessor) and eventually became PRC route 68.

    There were three routes heading north out of McKeesport towards
Wilmerding. Two made it to
Wilmerding, third was Highland Traction.

    Highland Grove Traction Co, according to Rohrbeck. Chartered 1898,
abandoned 1923. A hair more than 2 miles of track, McKeesport to North
McKeesport. 4 passenger cars and one service car in 1918.

Don't overlook the Allegheny Valley Street Railway, nor the companies in
Charleroi: Westside and the one with all the initials that I'm too lazy to
go back and look up!

    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 WMBV&FC used trackage rights over Pittsburgh Railways from their carbarn
up to the Monessen Bridge.

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Dennis F. Cramer--Teacher-Trombonist-Historian-Conductor
www.geocities.com/armconband