[PRCo] Brookline

[Matt Barry]

Hello all,

Memories of the 39 Brookline carline.   My aunt lived across the street 
from the 39 loop.   I used to sit on the stoop and watch the cars pull 
into the loop.     The car would pull up and stop on the straight track 
as you can see in this photo:
http://trfn.pgh.pa.us/bacc/Gallery/Trolley10.html

The motorman would wait about 5-10 minutes on this track, then turn 
around the loop and wait on the opposite side for another however many 
minutes ---> 5-10-15, can't quite remember the exact number of minutes. 
   This was practiced faithfully, from what I saw.  No car ever made the 
whole loop and stop on the other side, to return.   The practice was 
always wait so many minutes on one side of the loop, then so many 
minutes on the other side.    Anyone know why?   I'm guessing there were 
signals being sent back to headquarters -- or sometimes simply because 
there was another car already waiting at the loop.

Matt





http://trfn.pgh.pa.us/bacc/Gallery/Trolley10.html