[PRCo] Re: Munhall 1965

[James B. Holland]

Matt Barry wrote:

> .......including this one of 2 cars on the Munhall route.  I believe 
> this may have been the final day of streetcar service to the area. 
> This particular location is in front of the Munhall Borough building 
> between Homestead, where the "yellow car" is, and Munhall. The line 
> when it crossed into Homestead became double-tracked.
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There were at least two charters near the time of abandonment of this 
line  --  believe this is the one I attended when home from Uncle Sam's 
Canoe Club.       ({[pat]})  had a habit of abandoning TrolleyCar 
service before buses were on hand and had to extended abandonment dates  
--  don't know if this was one of those cases.

We had to pull into Craft Ave barn for an emergency repair on M454  --  
I was on 1640 and noticed that when the M made turns in one direction 
that the trolley pole base and boards would lift from the roof and lean 
at an angle.       Believe I have some photos of the repair work.

Large crowds lined the single track as we went through and locals were 
given One More Ride free before TrolleyCar service ended.



Jim__Holland


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