[PRCo] Re: PRCo--TrolleyCar__Owls__1958--1959

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> John Swindler wrote:

> Another aside:  When 68 was abandoned in 1958, track was left in place on
> Brown's Hill Road and Homestead High Level Bridge between 58 Greenfield
> terminal and 8th St. in Homestead.  PRC knew that days were numbered for
> Glenwood Bridge, and this provided the possibility of rerouting the 55 cars
> over route 58 and 68 tracks to Homestead.  New Glenwood Bridge would require
> 56 replacement, but 55 could continue as a rail route.  That's why PRC was
> involved in reconstruction of 2nd Ave. trackage in concrete during early
> 1960s.  Jim might find this in an old "Trolley Fare'.  However, I don't know
> if any rail cars ever used this 68 trackage on Brown's Hill Road after 1958.

	Yes - the possibility of the 55-line being re-routed has been mentioned
before.   Think that Matt brought it up and I did quote an article from 
*Trolley--Fare*  on the subject.
	But didn't happen unless it was done for emergency reroute.

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