[PRCo] Re: Dates & Routes

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Records are sketchy about some of this...nonexistent, maybe.  Simmons Loop
opened at 8:48 a.m. on Monday morning (car 1721, remember?).  Previous trips
had to turn, and they must have done so at (West) Library.  It was really
only a Sunday that there was no service to the new end of line.

The Washington loop commenced June 21st, as far as I know.  I've found
nothing in writing, but they closed the car house and the Shaffer Avenue
office/waiting room simultaneously, and there was no one left to oversee
backing the cars out onto Beau Street.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of James
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Dates & Routes


Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

>A bit of research produced the following information...
>
>Last days of operation:
>West end of W-4, East & West		May 2, 1953
>East end of W-4 + W-5, North Washington	May 16, 1953
>W-1, Jefferson & Maiden	June 20, 1953
>Donora		May 16, 1953
>Charleroi interurban	June 27, 1953
>Washington Interurban		August 29, 1953
>
>Simmons Loop opened	June 29, 1953
>Drake Loop opened	September 25, 1953
>
>Downtown loops:
>Route 44 used Smithfield-Liberty-Wood.  The PRR station loop was
>Liberty-12th-Penn-11th-Liberty.
>Route 49 used Grant-Liberty-Wood.
>
>Ed
>



Ok, Ed  --  this begs some questions as well!!!!!!! :-D

There is a one or two day gap between end of Charleroi and opening of
Simmons  --  what happened in between  --  West Library?

Also, at the end of local service in Washington I understand the
Interurban Wye was closed and the Interurbans looped on city
streets.       Any specific dates for this operation?

Very fast for opening of Drake loop  --  less than one month after
abandonment!


Jim__Holland