[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways maps (Not Any Longer!!)

[James B. Holland]

James B. Holland wrote:

> Market Street has a piggyback subway with five Muni TrolleyCar lines 
> on the upper level and BART on the lower level which travels to SF 
> airport from SF and east to Oakland, Bezerkeley, where it fans out in 
> all three directions -- north, south, East.


Forgot to mention Market itself  --  as stated, BART to SFO and all 
directions in the East Bay on bottom level of sub under Market;  5-Muni 
TrolleyCar Lines immediately above in subway;  *-ON-*  Market itself we 
have 4-tracks of trolley coach lines intermixed with Actual TrolleyCars 
and Diseaseals.

  2-Clement
  5-Fulton - TC
  6-Parnasus - TC
  7-Haight - TC
  9-San Bruno
16-Noriega Express
21-Hayes - TC
26-Valencia
31-Balboa - TC
33-Haight - TC
38-Geary
71-Noriega
   F-Market - TrolleyCar

Above all operate on Market to some extent, some to considerable extent.



Also forgot to mention that the N-Judah TrolleyCar line was the heaviest 
of the rail lines and ran 6-minute headways with PCCs all day.       
Boeing lrvs did the same when they started but this caused subway 
congestion so they went to 2-car trains every 10-minutes.       One lrv 
has more capacity than a PCC so 2-lrvs every ten is more like a PCC 
every 4-minutes!       But if I want to go downtown I drive to the other 
side of the park and take a Trolley Coach  --  Ride is Infinitely More 
Comfortable and service far more frequent in actual number of vehicles 
so if I miss one the wait isn't as long.      Trip may be modestly 
longer but I save by getting off almost at the door rather than in a 
subway where I have to surface and then walk or take another vehicle 
closer to my destination.       Don't like being a sardine and the Breda 
lrvs are Mighty Uncomfortable.



Jim__Holland


I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!

down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!