[PRCo] GE 1700 on 39-Brookline in 1966?

[Bob Rathke]

Routes 8 and 10 ended in early September, 1965, and Keating CB was closed.
Routes 6/13 (became 6/14 in early 1966) and 21 lasted until 4/30/66 - cars
for those routes were based at Tunnel CB from September, 1965 through April,
1966.

Bob 10/145/03

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken & Tracie" <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:53 AM
Subject: [PRCo] GE 1700 on 39-Brookline in 1966?


> I found a Roberta Hill photo dated June 13, 1966. It was taken around
9:00am at
> Dawn Junction and shows two inbound 1700s approaching the junction, one a
42/38
> car, the other, a Route 39 car. Roberta lists the latter as being 1777
(I).
>
> I seem to recall reading somewhere that some North Side cars wound up at
South
> Hills for a while after the closing of Routes 10-15. Would that explain
the
> presence of a GE 1700 on Route 39, or did Roberta mus-label the photo?
>
> I seem to recall a discussion concerning this topic some time ago.
>
> K.
RR