[PRCo] Re: McKees Rocks

[Fred Schneider]

The maintenance facility was at the west end of the line, where it  
rises up above the railroad level adjacent to the factory.   The ERA  
Headlights accounts of the abandonment of the line claim it quit when  
the platform sag of 4344 became so severe the doors could not be  
closed.   In my mind this translates to "it wasn't cost effective to  
drag another car over to the line."  I think that was about 1952.    
It was replaced by the Broadhead Manor - Schoenville bus.

On Mar 12, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Route 24 was isolated from the rest of the system on January 26,  
> 1920 with the closing of O'Donovan's Bridge due to structural  
> deficiencies.  At the time, the line was operated with a single- 
> truck car, number 207, which was demolished 7-2-20 in a collision  
> with a P&LE locomotive.  Car 211 replaced it, but burned on  
> 10-15-21 outside "Schoen's Gate" (entrance to Pressed Steel Car  
> Co.).  The following Saturday, the company dragged car 572 across  
> the railroad tracks to replace it.  The route is listed as being  
> operated with a single-truck car into 1927, when the data in that  
> column ceases.  At some point, car 4344 was brought over and worked  
> up to the end of service.  It was maintained on the street at one  
> end of the line.
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> Wasn't the 'Schoenville' line isolated from the main tracks at some  
> point in time? I seem to have heard or read that a double-end low- 
> floor car was kept on the line and was maintained on the street  
> until the line ended service. Is this true or just 'urban trolley  
> legend' ?
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> HrB
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> ---- "Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48  
> Models // James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote:
>> Boris Cefer wrote:
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>>> Schoenville? It is a 25 or 26 route car. Schoenville tracks leave  
>>> the
>>> main line immediately behind the creek
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>>>> A few views of McKees Rocks, including the Schoenville tracks. I  
>>>> have
>>>> difficulty to locate the Fleming Park loop beyond.
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