[PRCo] Re: Brookline

[James B. Holland]

> Mark McGuire wrote:
> .
>
>> Are [there] any photos that exist of the old trackage that once 
>> connected the Brookline route with the interurbans. I would love to 
>> see something other than the PERC map.
>> What years was this connection used and when was it abandoned?
>>
>> Mark
>
> James B. Holland wrote:
>
> The 1952 Electric__Railroads publication on PRCo Interurbans states 
> the following on pg.11:::
>
>
> """Tied in with the electrification of the Castle Shannon line was the 
> construction of a double track line connecting it with the 
> 39-Brookline....... Real estate interests in Brookline not only 
> arranged for this line's construction but contributed heavily toward 
> electrification of the main line. Loop service via Brookline was 
> operated for some years but was later dropped because it interfered 
> with interurban operations."""
>
> Sorry -- doesn't list any dates.

.
Reading further the article states that  *-electrification-*  of 
Overbrook began in  October--1908,  97--years  Ago(!!),  and the first 
operation of Interurbans along Overbrook was 1909.07.15.
.
If construction of the Brookline connection began with electrification 
of Overbrook, it Might Be Assumed that operation from Overbrook into 
Brookline started not long after Overbrook operation began.       How   
"""some...years"""   above is interpreted would give us a closing date, 
but It Would Seem that operation via Overbrook into Brookline took place 
only in the Teens with an outside chance that it still operated into the 
early 1920s.




Jim__Holland


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