[PRCo] Re: PRC route 32 Carson St.

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> Bob Rathke wrote:

> 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.

	This is the X-Over the cars used to change ends enroute - the on on the
Smithfield St. Bridge was to get to and from the barn before the turns to
the tunnel were put in somehwhere post WW2.

	I have the photo John speaks of where 1000 splits the switch at the
crossover  --  thought they did this purposely as a railfan stunt.   Not in
my album yet so it is in one of the many drawers full of photos waiting for
mounting!

>> From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>

>> 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.

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