[PRCo] Re: 87 Ardmore

[Matt Barry]

Much appreciated for everyone's info on this one!
Matt
----- 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>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:43 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 87 Ardmore


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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!!!!!!!
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> 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
>>7.00
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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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