[PRCo] Re: Brookline

[Edward H. Lybarger]

No errors on this route card relating to the operation of Brookline via
South Bank!  If the real estate people paid for the line, it was no skin off
the Railways' nose if they shut it down.  And it wasn't a huge investment,
either...a short line through the woods.  The land is still empty.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of James
B. Holland
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 6:44 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Brookline


Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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> The Woodruff Street photos were from the Allegheny County Department
> of Public Works. They exist at PTM as Xeroxes; the originals are still
> around and I guess I could borrow them for scanning if I don't wait
> till my contact is retired! The Jerome Street (Avenue) photos from
> McKeesport are there, too. If I went into full "collect" mode I'd
> never get anything else done.
>
> Ed

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What  Else  Is  There  To  Do?
.
Sorry, Ed, couldn't resist!
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Musing on this Very Short Term Operation of a Rather Substantial
Investment in light of comments about rate structures being based on
infrastructure capitalization, it seems to be Extremely Short Sighted,
even for those early days, to curtail service after such an Extremely
Short Trial Period.       It would seem that ridership to new real
estate would be extremely low going into and during winter  --
certainly a longer period of time than  7-Weeks__One-Day  would be
necessary to determine any potential ridership figures.
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The Only Real Saving grace is:::::::       """Real estate interests in
Brookline not only arranged for this line's construction but contributed
heavily toward electrification of the main line"""  (ER 1952
pg.11.)       If real estate interests put up the actual money then
there is another angle to the story.
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Ed  --  any chance the writing / typing on the route cards can be
misread?       Or that they were pure typos.       Will be interesting
if you discover any further information on the 39-Line Balloon line
when  In  Full  Collect  Mode!!!!!!!




>> -- "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> The Brookline via South Bank service lasted only about 3 months in
>> 1910, rather than the "several years" mentioned in ER20. The dates of
>> operation were 9-12-1910 to 11-1-1910. Route number was 313A. Note on
>> route card succinctly says "Traffic not sufficient."
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Mark McGuire wrote:::
>>
>> Speaking of Brookline, I was wondering if there are any photos that
>> exist of the old trackage that once connected the Brookline route
>> with the interurbans.
>> What years was this connection used and when was it abandoned?
>>
>> Mark
>




Jim__Holland


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