[PRCo] Re: Interurban/Washington Locals

[Edward H. Lybarger]

PRCo cared about getting out of Washington County, period!

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark
McGuire
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:50 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interurban/Washington Locals


  So I guess during those couple months after the abandonment of the local
lines, PRCo didn't care about non-trolley traffic getting
stuck behind a car laying over. They could always go around. It
would still probably p-off quite a few motorists!

-- "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote:
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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