[PRCo] Re: Harmony___ShortLine___Strike

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings

Therewere two interurban rail lines:

Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Ry Co (Harmony Route)

Pittsburgh, Mars and Butler Ry (Butler Short Line)

They formed a bus subsidiary in 1926.

The Harmony Short Line Motor Transportation Co.

Rail abandoned in 1932

Later took over other bus lines such as Welsh Transportation
and expanded into Allegheny Valley Division replacing Wesr Penn

Rail & Bus owned by David I McCahill.  RM Glick was Secty Treasurer
until final abandonment.

I worked at Harmony from 1951 to 1961.

After 1960 strike, McCahill abandoned the bus lines in 1961.

In post war years, they frequently had long summer strikes
at two year intervals.

Harmony was an early 100% GMC diesel operator.

Certificates were void.  Other bus lines filed for new certificates.

The largest was Community Transit Service of Bridgeville who took over
routes in the Allegheny Valley.  They first rented and then putrchased
the former West Penn carbarn in Tarentum.  Pittsburgh Bus waiting room
was at 10th & Penn.  Building still stands.

I became Manager of Community Transit in 1961 until takeover by
the Port Authority of Allegheny County in1964.

Harold Geissenheimer

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> There was never an electric railway named Harmony Short Line.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Holland
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:47 AM
> To: --- 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC ---
> Subject: [PRCo] Harmony___ShortLine___Strike
>
> Good Morning!
>
> Forward from Dennis Linsky::
>
>        It was 43 years ago when the Harmony Short Line, a former
> interurban electric railway in Pennsylvania, was on strike from
> Sunday, May 22, to Tuesday, September 6, 1960.    Even though
> operationns resumed the owner wanted to sell the line.
>
>        From HEADWAY RECORDER, October, 1960, page N-5, seventh
> paragraph.
>
>        Very Sincerely,
>
>        Dennis M. Linsky
>        1350 East 5th Street, Apt. 3P
>        Brooklyn, NY   11230-4686
>        11/8/03
>
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>     with the similar tantalisation that something,
>         sometime, somehow, will turn up.
>             George Courtauld
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> James B. Holland
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