[PRCo] Re: 87 Ardmore

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

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First car inbound from Wilmerding is 5.16-AM and last car from downtown 
is 12.40-AM  --  almost identical Saturday  (5.26-AM inbound) and 
Sunday  (5.31-AM inbound)    ----    evening schedule starting ca 8-PM 
is identical 7-days a week, or 8-days if from the UK!!!!!!!

Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James 
B. Holland wrote:
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>Hi Matt!
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>20 minutes seems to be the daily headway inbound from Wilmerding weekdays.       Outbound PM rush seems to be 13 or 14 minutes but there were 4 trips:::::::
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>5.30
>5.50
>6.10
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>which only went to Swissvale Ave. and Coal Streets.       This is the schedule for 1960.07.10.
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>On the first 3 above a regular 87 line was sandwiched in between so cars from downtown were 10-min but didn't go all the way.
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>I would   <Guess>   that the 88 might run every 20-min as well since they shared much of the same trackage and the 87 and 88 would be evenly spaced.       This way there would be 10-min service on Penn and Liberty downtown to 32nd and from East Liberty to Tioga Loop.       But this also assumes that the running time for each line between E.Liberty and 32nd is the same!!!!
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>Don't have the 88 schedule.
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>Even Saturday service on the 87 was 20-minutes all day.       There are 4-short line cars to Coal in the PM and regular cars full length are 40-min apart.
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>Sunday headways are 35-minutes during the day and 40-minutes in the evening!
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>Matt Barry wrote:
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>>Does anyone have an old schedule for the 87 Ardmore streetcar route or recall what the headway times were on this route?
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>>I recall seeing more 88 Frankstowns pass on Penn Avenue in town, than 87's.  And my grandfather took me on walks up Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield, it seemed to see an 87 glide by.  
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>>The link below is a PCC in 1966 on Penn Avenue in town.
>>http://www.jerryapp.com/pix2/ja-t534.jpg
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