[PRCo] Re: [PAT] South Hills Tunnel

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/02 1:11:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Robert.Dietrich at unisys.com writes:


> Did they run one direction
> at a time through the tunnel or were they rerouted over Arlington Ave, or
> some combination?
> 

The single track in the tunnel was used inbound in the AM and outbound in the 
PM. Warrington Avenue single track was the opposite. This gave the commuters 
fast entrance to downtown in the morning rush and fast exit in the afternoon 
rush. All in all, however, it could be a pain in the @$$.

 Cars returning to SHJ from downtown in the morning were jammed up along 
Arlington and Warrington and cars going into service heading toward downtown 
in the afternoon were anticlimber to anticlimber along Warrington. The 
intersection at Warrington and Arlington was a real nightmare with a line of 
trolleys trying to make the left turn off Warrington onto Arlington in 
addition to the heavy hilltop motor vehicle traffic. 

Actually a lot of fun, if you were into PCC cars!

HrB