[PRCo] Wheeling___Public___Service

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

	"This obscure line had its origin in a narrow-gauge horsecar line built by the  WHEELING 
&  ELMGROVE  RWY. to reach a cemetery outside Wheeling, WV, in 1877!!   In 1878, the line
was sold and converted to a standard-gauge steam line.   Operations began using steam
dummies in 1879."
	"Another line, the  SURBURBAN  RWY.,  was built in 1897 from Elm Grove to
Tradelphia,.......   Then in 1900 these two line were consolidated and extended to West
Alexander, PA>   Promoters intended to reach Washington, PA, via Claysville and connect
with the  PITTSBURGH  RWYS.  but nothing came of this project......."
	"Since the line was mainly in West Virginia, the Pennsylvania Railway Commission allowd
its WV counterpart to regulate the PA trackage.   The line was cut back to Roney's Park,
WV, in 1925."

	A photo does show a dt clerestory RR roof wood trolley--car operating on the system; no
mention in the text of conversion to electric.

	From Ben Rohrbeck's book  *PA Traction,*  pg.253.

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
    "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company Trolleycars  &
        "O"--Scale  Parts  mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
        Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
N.M.R.A.  Life member #2190; http://www.nmra.org

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