[PRCo] Re: Why a Wye?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Interurban cars began alternating between Roscoe and Donora on November 1,
1920.  That thru service to Donora ended February 22, 1925.

Others have summed up quite nicely why there was a wye...it's less
space-intensive, you could turn 3600-series cars (with two-man crews so
there was always someone on hand to back you out), there was a freight
station there (that used double-end cars so visibility wasn't an issue),
etc.  There was obviously enough traffic in and out of Donora for the
company to provide the enhanced service.  I suspect it did not grow the way
they had hoped, and the new Byllesby management discontinued it.

Ed

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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Why a Wye?


Fred!

Wow - I didn't know about the thru service from Donora to downtown
Pittsburgh, what year was
it suspended?     Thanks

Jerry Matsick
>
> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Date: 2006/12/25 Mon AM 09:58:05 EST
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Why a Wye?
>
> Have we all forgotten that there was, at one time, through service
> with single end cars operated from Donora to downtown Pittsburgh?
> There is a picture of a 3600 in the Donora wye hanging in the
> visitors center at PTM.
>
> On Dec 25, 2006, at 2:55 AM, Jim Holland wrote:
>
> > Jim Holland wrote:
> > .
> >
> >> Freight!       Wye is a turnaround but in case of Donora it was for
> >> freight.
> >> .
> >> Space limitations  --  couldn't make a loop in location of 42-
> >> Dormont wye.
> >
> > .
>
>