[PRCo] Re: Route 9 Transfer

[Jim Holland]

> Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

> I don't have time to check the route card now.  I think it was a
> Depression casualty but wouldn't swear to it Jim.  Remember that, in any
> system, change is the word of the day.  Until Taggart St. Barn closed
> and Keating opened, or sometime after that, route 8 ended on Perrysville
> Avenue at a crossover just outbound from East Street.

	That makes mucho sense!!  The 9-Perrysville-Charles takes care of the
outer end of the line on Perrysville and the 8-line does it on the inner
end.  This may have been changed with Keating opening!!  We had a
discussion about the latter but I am unable to find the date Keating
opened at the moment!

> . . . How about 33
> Mount Washington ... if memory serves it may have also run out East
> Carson St.

	A little difficult to do, but not impossible - track never went
straight thru the intersection on Carson at Smithfield!!

> Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

> . . . Route 9 Charles
> was really a shuttle that remained from the original Route 9 Perrysville
> / Charles. It once ran through from downtown via Perrysville Avenue and
> then down Charles Street.

>> Jim Holland wrote:

>> Fred  --  fascinating info.  It is possible to see a turnout in the
>> track beside 4219 in this photo and your description above fits what can
>> be seen.  The 9-Perry-Charles must have ended in the valley below and
>> changed ends and returned the same way.  Bob has guessed this as
>> pre--1920  --  do you know a more precise date??  NOT important to check
>> for a firm date - just interesting to know if you remember!  Thanks!

>>         So the old 9-line from downtown was like a short turn of the 8-line,
>> working the heavy inner portion of the route.  The 7-Charles might be
>> considered a short turn of the 6-line, also working the heaviest inner
>> portion of the route!

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James B. Holland

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