[PRCo] Re: Charles & Perrysville a Double Track Wye for Sure!!

[Bob Rathke]

Good scenario, Jim.

Also, I've checked my photos of PCC's on the 7-Charles St. route, and from 1956-61
they carry simple "7 Charles St." (no  "Pa. Station") signs.

Bob 5/21/01

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Jim Holland wrote:

> Hi Matt!
>
>         I  AM  Convinced::::::: It seems that the photo indicated strongly
> suggests a turnout is there.  Maybe Don would like to borrow my
> bi-fogies!!(:->)
>
>         I had my 1949  ERA  map enlarged and it definitely shows a double track
> turn at this location as a dotted line indicating it was removed but had
> been there at one time.
>
>         SOOOoooooo,  from Charles Street there was a double track-wye to
> Perrysville with a single track wye from the 21-line on the other side!
>
>         As Fred indicated in another post, I confused the intersections of East
> and Charles for a while which clouded my understanding.  This map does
> not show a crossover on Perrysville outbound of East Street but there is
> obviously one inbound of East and Evergreen for the 12-line shuttle.
>
>         At one time, then, the 8-line operated to and from East//Perrysville;
> the 9-line operated from Downtown along Perrysville to Charles and
> aprox. Strauss and return.  And the 21-line did its normal route.  This
> was probably prior to Keating opening.
>
>         Then the 8-line was extended to Keating; the 9-line was converted to a
> shuttle between Strauss and Perrysville; then we lost the 9-line and
> eventually the 7-line.
>
> DERRICK:::::::  If I hadn't enlarged the ERA map we were going to send
> you to that intersection with your pick-ax to see what you could
> find!!(:->)
>
> > 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.