[PRCo] Re: Street Cars and Amusement Parks

[CARL ZAGER]

>From what I can tell, it was a combination of the "family" car along with 
the post-war explosion of suburban neighborhoods that were not 
conveniently served by the existing rails. I'm sure these are simplistic 
answers, though.
Carl


On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:

> In my reading I fround that in many cities in the early days of Street Car Operations many lines generally ended up at a amusement park, many of which were "built" by the Street Car companies.
> In Piitsburgh there was of course the line to Kennywood Park, and West View Park.   i remember as a small boy back in the late 40s seeing a numbr of jones low floor cars at Kennywood in the park sidings for the cars to park.    If I am correct I believe as a boy we rode Washington DC trolley to Glen Echo park. Also while in the Navy rode a Philly to a Amusement Park in North Philly forgot the name of it.
> 
> What your memories of these operations and others and basically it again was the family car that killed the trolley lines to he amusement parks.
> 
> Jerry Matsick
> Trackless in Jacksonville
> 
> ps - we do have the Skyway Express which covers several miles in downtown Jacksonville, to me
> it looks like the rubber tire experiment PRCo operation at South Park back in the late 50s!
> 
> 

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