[PRCo] Re: SHJ__Mystery__Track

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

Good Guess!       Official Freight operations ended in 1941  (carrying 
butter, eggs, cheese  --  probably not those items since refrigeration 
would be needed, but such staples which were loaded at the Freight 
Warehouse at the Point)  but certainly there were other items like 
newspapers and other items could still be shipped  --  even the 
Interurban PCCs did that into the 1960s  --  used to ride some of the 
early pullouts on Sunday and we dropped papers at Bethel Church on 
Library  --  possibly other locations!       My job was to remind the 
motorman!


Mark McGuire wrote:
.

> Just a guess here. Perhaps the reason the freight car was stationed 
> there was that it was used every day to deliver newspapers?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models 
> // James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>
>> Enclosed is another photo from Trolley Talk when 1000 series PCCs 
>> were assigned to South Hills in the latter 1930s -- note the freight 
>> car sitting on the mystery track. This <-Tradition-> (freight car on 
>> Mystery Track) continued into the early 1950s!
>>

http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/1004-38-IB_SHY_19391028_RMWagner.jpg



Jim__Holland


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