[PRCo] Re: Route 32-P&LE Shuttle

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

Didn't Route 32 originally go up Mt. Washington to the top of the incline?
Why was it reduces to a shuttle?  Could it have been that he city wanted to
widen and pave Woodruff St. and Saw Mill Run Blvd.?  Could it be that the
city forced PRCo to keep the shuttle to maintain the franchise?  Did anyone
ever ride the thing?

Talk about sticking ones nose into where one knows nothing!!!

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Bob Rathke [mailto:bobrathke at attbi.com] 
Sent:	Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:11 PM
To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject:	[PRCo] Route 32-P&LE Shuttle

I can't add to the crossover commentary, but I was thinking about the
uniqueness of route 32 on Carson St.  The West End lines took passengers to
downtown, but only as far as what is now Gateway Center; if West End
passengers needed to go to the eastern part of downtown, they had to walk or
take a trolley up Fifth or Liberty Avenues.  The P&LE shuttle allowed these
West End passengers to transfer to Carson and Smithfield Streets where they
could board an inbound South Hills trolley that would take them along Grant
St. as far as the PRR station.

Of course, the 32 shuttle also allowed South Hills lines passengers to get
to the Stanwix St. area.

I can't think of any other places adjacent to downtown where a shuttle line
allowed passengers the choice of going to different areas of downtown.  Any
nominees?  

Bob 4/4/02