[PRCo] Re: PRCo North Side Routes

[Bob Rathke]

Yes, the Etna line was a fun ride.  In the summer, we would visit relatives in
Glenshaw.  We'd ride to the end of the 2-Etna line where they would be waiting to
pick us up for the drive out PA route 8.  I also looked forward to the PRC route 2
swing around the Millvale car barn, and the view of the PRR and B&O tracks that ran
parallel to E. Ohio St., especially the concrete viaducts west of the 40th St.
Bridge.  The PRR was pretty much dieselized in Pittsburgh by the early 1950's, but
the B&O still operated a lot of steam locomotives, and it wasn't unusual to see
steam trains from trolley windows.

Bob 5/19/01

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mrb190 wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> As per usual, Transit Gloria Mundi did a great job with the new tape.
>
> I am aching for more though -- when I saw that someone actually did film the
> Etna and Millvale routes - WOW!!!!     The Etna line really moved swiftly on
> east Ohio, didn't it?  I never had the chance to ride - gone before I was a
> gleam in my dad's eye.  The only remants I saw whenever we travelled to
> Millvale, was old tracks halfway covered with asphalt that turned onto Grant
> from East Ohio and tracks in cobblestone going up East Ohio to Etna from the
> bend around the old Millvale carbarn.
>
>  Wish Transit Gloria Mundi would issue a tape of film they didn't use for the
> North Side Lines video.
>
> Also, got to finally see a glimpse of the Brighton Loop.
>
> Amazing that routes 6/14 and 21 hung on for months after the demise of West
> View/Bellevue & Perrysville.  I believe one of you mentioned that this one done
> because PAT still didn't have enough $ for new buses???
>
> Was hoping to see more of the Beaver Avenue lines (18-19-20).  Perhaps no one
> ever documented this area on film, which has soooooooooooooo drastically changed
> with the advent of highway route 65.  Also would've been a kick to see Millvale
> carhouse in action or Manchester.
>
> Still, I gotta be grateful that the film makers had the foresight to record what
> they did, for posterity.
>
> Matt