[PRCo] Re: 1500s at TUNNEL CH

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

> John F Bromley wrote:

> I NEVER thought that any 1500s were ever assigned to
> Tunnel CH, yet I have just seen three negs in a row
> of 1540-series cars on Routes 50, 44 or 48
> (can't tell which) and 37 SHANNON.

	The life of 15s assigned to Tunnel was quite short--lived.   From best I can tell, this
happened from delivery of the 15s until the advent of the 16s or shortly thereafter.  
Have photos of several different 15s on 40-line, 49-line, 47 and a couple others.   Don't
have photos of 15s on the interurbans.   And of course, as barns closed in the very late
1950s and into the 1960s, Tunnel did get 15s  --  but I don't really count that!(:->)

	50-Carson might have been based at Craft or Carrick for a while  --  some of the turns at
Smithfield and Carson were not added until after the war and not too long before the
32-line ceased.   Even the turns for the 32-line to and from the tunnel to W-Carson were
added after the war.   The photos I have of 15s on 50-Carson in the 1945-1950 period are
very low number 15s, not above about 1516.   The 15s at tunnel were in the high 1540s!

	John   ---   what book is this that you are going to put onto CD with 2,500--photos  
---   PITTSBURGH???!!!(:->)

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