[PRCo] Routes 6,13,14,21

[Bob Rathke]

Route 6/13 was cut back to 6/14 in December, 1965 because of bridge weight
restrictions between Avalon and Emsworth.

After the closing of Keating CB in September, 1965, routes  6/13 (later,
6/14) and 21-Fineview were based out of Tunnel CB.

I was out photographing 6/13 in early December, 1965, and remember hoping
that I'd catch a cutback car with a 6/14 sign.  Little did I know that just
a few weeks later, ALL cars on this line would have 6/14 signs.

I'll have to look up the North Side routing of route 15.  In the meantime,
I'm sure that someone else on this list has the answer.

Bob 3/19/02

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----- Original Message -----
From: <Macmarka at cs.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 5:54 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC route foreman trucks


>
> In a message dated 3/18/02 11:40:37 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
bobrathke at attbi.com
> writes:
>
> <<
>  I also took a photo of  a PAT panel truck - still in orange paint - in
>  September, 1965.  It was at Keating CB being loaded with files from the
>  administration building the day after trolley service ended there.
>   >>
> I'm studying up on the North Side routes as I'm pretty much saturated with
> South Hills material. Your comments came at a perfect time Bob. My
question
> was concerning the 15 Bellevue line. I know the 6 and 13 were combined
with
> service discontinued between Wynhurst and Brighton Place. I was wondering
if
> the 15 line used the same trackage as the combined 6/13. Being that 6 and
13
> weren't combined until Dec. 1965, I now know that route 15 had already
been
> abandoned. When was the 6/13 line abandoned and what car house did this
route
> run out of when Keating was abandoned? Tunnell?
>         Mark McGuire
>