[PRCo] Re: ROUTES 38 and 39

[John F Bromley]

All I know is what I photographed from 1964 on and the evidence of
interlining was VERY CLEAR.  I'm not suggesting there was ever interlining
on the 35 and 36 before PAT.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 1:18 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: ROUTES 38 and 39


>
> Good Morning!!
>
> > John F Bromley wrote:
>
> > 35 and 36 interlined on more than Sundays my friend, many's the time I
stood
> > below Washington Junction on either line and the cars were coming north
with
> > the other line's roll sign already up (after all northbound passengers
> > didn't give a rat's patootie what the car was signed as long as it was
going
> > downtown).  I have many slides on the same day with the same car on the
two
> > routes.  I'm talking late 1940s, they didn't then of course, but there's
no
> > question of the negs I was looking at being on different days.  More
below
> > in CAPS for easy find.
>
> In the late 1940s, and until late June for Charleroi and late August for
Washington in
> 1953, the interurbans still ran to Washington and Charleroi.   And until
1951 or possibly
> a little later, the Washington and Charleroi interurbans ran in tandem
leaving downtown on
> the hour and half hour.   No interlining here that I know of.
>
> And from Library and Drake days through the end of PRCo, the only
interlining I know of
> is on Sunday.   What  ({[pat]})  did from 1964 on I do not know.   I would
have thought
> that Saturdays and evenings would be interlined, but Mon thru Friday in
PRCo days there
> was no interlining.
>
> John Swindler has already indicated that the only interlining was on
Sunday as well.