[PRCo] Re: 7--Charles

[Bob Rathke]

The 7-Charles St. line was abandoned in September, 1961.  The 9-Charles St.
Transfer line ended on September 14, 1951.

A few more thoughts on the trackwork at Perrysville Ave. and Charles St.:  I
believe that some of the PRC "Transfer" lines were modifications of earlier through
routes, the idea being that the shuttle could provide continuous service to a
rather short section of street without the complications of through routing from
other lines.

IF the previous trackwork at Perrysville and Charles allowed outbound 8-Perrysville
cars to turn at Charles St. and return downtown via route 7, then it would be a
kind of "great circle" routing something like 10/15.  Or, it may have been just a
cutback of route 8, or an extension of 8 to the route 7 loop.

By the way, the 1959 PRC map (available from PTM) is a great resource for getting
everyone oriented to the trackwork and general locale when questions like this come
up.

Bob 5/19/01

PS - I'm getting back to the Pittsburgh trolley list after eight days in Southern
California where I managed to take 450+ photos between Los Angeles and San Diego.
An enjoyable way to wear out my cameras and shoes.

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Jim Holland wrote:

> >> On 17 May 01, at 11:52, tsquare at toad.net wrote:
>
> >> WHAT WAS THE ROUTING OF THE 7-CHARLES ST. LINE IN DOWNTOWN PGH?
> >> AS I RECALL, IT DID NOT FOLLOW THE ROUTING OF ANY OTHER LINE.
>
> > Donald Galt wrote:
>
> > As of 1950, the 7, 13/14 and 15 used the Sixth Street bridge both
> > ways, looping via Penn, Stanwyx and Fort Duquesne Blvd. The 22
> > also ran both ways over Sixth Street.
>
>         Was it That Early in the game that the 7-line was cut back?  It used to
> run to the PRR station.
>
> --
> James B. Holland
>
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