[PRCo] Route 7 routing to PRR station

[Bob Rathke]

Jim,

Funny you should ask about the route 7 routing to the PRR station.  As
soon as I saw this e-mail string about Chatrles St., I started to look
for information on its PRR station routing.  So far, I haven't found
anything definite, but I'd guess that route 7 looped at the PRR station
(11th and 12th Streets, like route 44?) until the early 1950's.  I
recall seeing route 7 cars at the station in that era, but I didn't
start to photograph trolleys at the PRR station until 1956; I have no
photos of route 7 cars at the PRR station, so the routing was probably
changed pre-1956, and 1953 is a good guess.

I'll keep looking.

Bob 5/19/01

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        D2on G indicated that as early as 1950, PRCo had rerouted the
7-line to
loop 6th, Penn, Stanwyx, Fort Duquesne.  But I have a photo of 1780 at
the outer terminal displaying 7-Charles & PA Sta. dated 1952.07.06.
This is from Railroad Avenue Enterprizes and while photo dates can be
ambiguous, all their dates have seemed realistic.  Do you have any info,

Bob, on when the 7-line dropped the PRR station as its downtown loop?