[PRCo] Re: Route 9

[Fred W. Schneider III]

1.  Remember that railways in Pennsylvania are taxed on track that is
usable.  Only days after the 12 Evergreen line quit running, the points
were removed down at East Street, effectively making the route
inoperable and no longer subject to taxation. Makes a good example,
doesn't it?  So why look at 1950s pictures for track going inbound from
Charles to Perrysville?  It wasn't needed.  It wasn't there.  The only
track needed then was the access to Perrysville Avenue in the opposite
direction to get to the carbarn.  This is one of those uninteresting
financial things that we don't care about that bring all the other
details into perspective.

2.  In answer to your last question ... a locked safe behind two doubly
locked doors.  They are all written in often illegible ink.    

Donald Galt wrote:
> 
> On 20 May 01, at 23:13, mrb190 wrote:
> 
> >
> > The Charles St. to Perrysville South connection seems to be
> > there, but I'm not certain.  I even checked the North Side
> > video which features a very quick shot of a route 9 meeting
> > up with a route 21.  I couldn't pick out any trackage in it
> > unfortunately.
> >
> 
> Well, I should have been more careful making my challenge. I
> wasn't looking at the picture but just remembering that it hadn't
> looked quite the same to me as to some others. Obviously there is
> some sort of junction - rather, former junction. But can we actually
> see a curve to the right towards Perrysville Avenue? The unused
> track looks to me to be coming straight from the 21.
> 
> For the sake of argument, I'd suggest that any possible circular
> route must have ceased before 1910, the year of the Arnold report.
> 
> My argument centring on the 1937 map is irrelevant if we are
> looking at unused trackage.
> 
> Just curious, Fred, how many drawers do those route cards
> occupy?
> 
> Don