[PRCo] Re: Dates & Routes

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Drake Wye was installed some time before the abandonment.  I have a photo of
a car with a paper sign for it taken May 10, 1953 in the Tunnel yards, and
the June 21, 1953 timetable has a separate listing of Canonsburg and Drake
trips.  I have no TTs between 9-51 and 6-53 here at home, so don't know
exactly when it came online.

I probably won't get this looked at for a few days now...we are disappearing
into the near midwest beginning tomorrow morning; back Sunday night.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark
McGuire
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:37 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Dates & Routes



  I hate to make you go back to researching, Ed, but I would like to
know when the West Library Loop was installed. I noticed that Simmons
Loop opened a couple days after Charleroi abandoned. I guess cars
turned at West Library for that day and a half or so.
  Also, almost a whole month passed after Washington abandonment and
the opening of Drake Loop. I guess this would be the time period
when Drake Wye was used. My question(s) is/are this: When was Drake
Wye installed and was it used in tripper service while Washington
was still running?  Thanks for the research! I'll keep these dates
on file.

                         Mark

-- "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net> 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