[PRCo] Re: carhouses & connections

[Jim Holland]

Thanks, Harold!

	I left Castle Shannon off the lists below.......
		so others could be missing!!

	And as Bob Rathke has noted, a car house could be closed but the 600
might still be active.  Fans are noted for using such trackage whenever
possible, on the street, on prw, and at old unused Car Houses!!(:->)

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Dennis F. Cramer wrote:

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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Jim Holland wrote:

Here are the Car Houses of 1945 and the year they closed:::::::

      Carrick - 1954
      Craft Ave - 1967
      Charleroi - 1953
      Glenwood - 1961
      Homewood - 1960 (still did heavy repair on PCCs after 1960.)
      Herron Hill - 1951
      Highland Park - 1954
      Ingram - 1959
      Keating - 1965
      Millvale - 1952
      Manchester - 1959
      Plummer Street - 1954
      Rankin - dead storage until 1967
      South Hills - 198x
      Tylerdale - 1953

Dennis - you might like to get Ben Rohrbeck's book:::::::
        'Pittsburg's Car Barns, 1900--1909'
                (Spelling above is correct for time period.)
 
Other Car Houses:::::::

      Homestead on E. 3rd St and E. Beech Alley
      Braddock on Braddock, 13th, Spring Alley
      Wilmerding on Fifth and Middle
      McKeesport
      Lowrie at Lookout - end of 4-line.
      Chestnut, E. Ohio St. near 16th.
      Charles St.
      Taggart btwn Taggart and Brighton
      Emsworth
      Coraopolis
      West Park, 2-parts
      Carnegie
      West End near Point Bridge
      Hilltop on Carbon near end of 44-line
      Thirtieth St. on E. Carson
      Butler Street

Could be others?!?!?!?!(:->)
        Ben's book gives diagram of track layout for that period.

-- 
James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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