[PRCo] Re: Tunnel // W.Liberty

[Donald Galt]

On 21 Aug 2004 at 13:33, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Boris Cefer wrote:
> 
> > Jim, I guess Bob asked about how the trolleys negotiated the Mt. Washington
> > before the tunnel was built.
> 
> didn't some go around via west end?
>

The Mount Washington Via West End route - the first streetcar line serving Coal 
Hill - ended on Bailey Avenue by the Castle Shannon North incline station. The 
link with the Allentown area came only with the building of the 40 line after 
the tunnel.  

Don