[PRCo] Re: West End

[John Swindler]

Route 32 P&LE Transfer (so as not to confuse with earlier route 32) required 
a double end car.  The crossover on Carson St. west of Smithfield was still 
in place for (really stretching the memory cells now) car 1000 fantrip in 
June 1958. Car was backed into Carson St. towards the incline station, but 
then split the crossover switch.  It was worth a photo.

Or maybe the car was backed into the 32 track so that those on fantrip could 
ride the incline.  That makes more sense.  I would have been about a 12 year 
old kid at the time.

Any better recollections from the "older gents"???

John




>From: Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: West End
>Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 12:30:55 -0500
>
>
>Mark,
>
>
>I think route 32 stopped running in the early 50's.  The trackage from
>Smithfield street to the Point Bridge was apparently abandoned in 1957
>-- two years prior to the West End's demise.  I think the railways paved
>over it or removed it - did something to it that made it unusable.
>  (Maybe someone else can address.)
>
>Also, the West End lines were apparently $ losers.  The railways company
>was apparently happy to not have to pay for the tax on trackage and
>overhead.    Correct those of you who know better?
>
>Matt
>
>Macmarka at cs.com wrote:
>
> >Forgive me if you've already dicussed this. When was the 32 line
> >discontinued? Also, why didn't PRCo just use the 32 trackage when the 
>Point
> >Bridge was closed?  Could have kept the West end lines running at least a
> >little longer, no?  I wasn't even born when the West End lines were
> >discontinued. I had friends in Crafton when I lived in Pittsburgh and 
>could
> >see certain areas where streetcars ran.
> >
> >            Mark McGuire
> >
>-- Trailing quotes stripped by Listar --
>
>


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