[PRCo] Re: Tunnel // W.Liberty

[James B. Holland]

Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:

> Electric cars were routed to Mt Lebanon in 1903 but there was still 
> some passenger service on the P&CSRR after 1905, see 
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdietrich/oldover.htm. It may have been 
> dirty but it was more direct than the other route.
>
> The 


Were you going to write more??       One isolated word there.

What you state above is what I have consistently argued concerning 
reopening of Overbrook and apparently shall come true  --  we 
essentially revert to old PRCo routing of current lrvs as Overbrook is 
So Much Faster and So Much More Convenient.


Jim

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> James B. Holland
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:55 PM
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Tunnel // W.Liberty
>
> And now from pg.11 of *Electric__RRs*__#20__July--1952, first full
> paragraph:::::::
>
> """On Sept 12, 1903, [Charleroi] cars ran thru from Allenport to
> Shannon where passengers transferred to continue their ride to Pgh. by
> steam train and incline of the Pgh & Castle Shannon. By Oct.10,
> tracks had been extended from Castle Shannon to Mt.Lebanon where by 950
> year lease, cars passed onto tracks of the Pittsburgh & Birmingham
> Traction to continue the trip to town via Washington Road, finally
> transferring passengers at the top of the Pittsburgh Incline on
> Mt.Washington....... On December_1,_1904, cars began using the
> present 42-Dormont line between Dormont and W.Liberty,....... The
> new route then went thru the new Mount Washington tunnel to a downtown
> Pgh terminal at 3rd and Wood....... In August 1905, the terminal
> was moved to the Union (PRR) Station, the route followed was Smithfield,
>
> Liberty to Station; then Liberty, Wood, Water and Smithfield."""
>
>
> Jim__Holland