[PRCo] Re: 1500s at TUNNEL CH

[John F Bromley]

Re comment of 1500s on Interurbans below, I am, as I write this, looking at
a negative of 1545 on semi-interurban (in nature) 37 SHANNON taken Friday
Oct 31, 1947, arriving northbound on at the junction on the bridge over
Warrington Av.

Just for amusement and nothing to do with 1500s I'm also looking at a photo
of 1233 signed SHANNON but with a LIBRARY sign pasted to the front of the
car under the door-side front windshield, taken July 1952, available from RR
Av Enterprises catalog, Photo PN-12641.

JFB

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 2:45 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1500s at TUNNEL CH



> > 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???!!!(:->)  No, TORONTO (1861 to yesterday)
>