[PRCo] Re: Baggage Rack & Other INterurban Equipment

[John Swindler]

Track and switches on Arch St. were remnant of outbound rt. 7 Charles St. 
route that were retained for just this type of an emergency.


>From: Bob Rathke <brathke at mediaone.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Baggage   Rack  &  Other  INterurban  Equipment
>Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:33:32 -0500
>
>
>Roger,
>
>Are you referring to the exterior photos of trolleys with a man guiding the
>trolley poles?  Those photos were taken on North Avenue on the North Side 
>on
>March 19, 1966.  A fire on Brighton Rd. caused the cutback of 6/14 line
>trolleys between downtown and Arch St.  The cars were turned on the wye at
>Arch St. and returned downtown; buses took the passengers out Brighton Rd.
>The Arch St. track was short - it MIGHT have been able to hold two cars.
>
>I took a large sequence of photos - including color - of the wye operation
>that day.  Nearly every weekend in the 1965-66 era I was out photographing
>the last days of North Side trolleys, and I just happened to be on North
>Avenue at Arch St. on March 19 when the wying operation started.  By the
>way, March 19 was exactly six weeks before the discontinuance of route 6/14
>(and 21).
>
>Bob 5/28/01
>
>---------
>
>ROGER Jenkins wrote:
>
> > GREAT SHOTS . Did that car have a pole problem or is that Y ing around.?
>
>

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