[PRCo] Re: Interurban/Washington Locals
James B. Holland
PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com
Tue Dec 20 16:42:04 EST 2005
Where would the car layover and not interfere with city operations?
Mark McGuire wrote:
> If this has been covered on this list before I apologize.
> I was just wondering why the interurban to Washington did not use the
> same trackage as the local cars instead of using the wye?
> They looped around the city of Washington when the local lines were
> abandoned. Why didn't they do this all the time? The wye seemed like
> it would be a royal pain backing into city traffic.
> Where did the interurban cars lay over when they looped the city of
> Washington in the waning days of service?
>
> Mark
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