[PRCo] PRC route 32 Carson St.

[Bob Rathke]

For a photo in my collection, see
http://trolley.dementia.org/brathke/PRC4387-32-061150.JPG

It was taken on 6/11/50 and shows PRC 4387 on Carson St. beside the P&LE
Station looking west.  The faded advertising sign on the card reads "FORT
PITT BEER".  Note the crossover.

Bob 4/2/02

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West End


>
>
> 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
> > >
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> >
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