[PRCo] Re: Brookline

[John Swindler]

Sometimes wondered if the route from South Bank would be a way for LRT 
service to Brookline, rather then via West Liberty. Ave.  Then again, just 
another one of those 'not in my lifetime' possibilities.

John



>From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Brookline
>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:49:55 -0400
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>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
>
>.
>What  Else  Is  There  To  Do?
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>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.
>.
>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.
>.
>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!!!!!!!
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> >> -- "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
> >
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>Jim__Holland
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>I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
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>down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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