[PRCo] Re: Frequency of Service
Jim Holland
prcopcc at p-r-co.com
Tue Jan 16 17:57:21 EST 2007
Believe service was every 30-minutes in the 1950s; could have been more
at one time -- don't have my schedules handy at this time. Your
neighbor Mark has some interurban schedules from the 1940s and 1950s
which list Donora service.
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Jim___Holland
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mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> Donora - Riverview loop
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> Thinking back to a sight I would give a million for a picture of the
> two paused Donora Cars at the passing siding between 14th and15th
> streets on Meldon Avenue. I was a 10 year old sitting on a balcony
> porch of friends of the parents, I watched as the two motormen chatted
> and then each went on their way one south into Donora and one north
> towards Monongahela. There also was a passing siding between 10th and
> 11th streets on McKean Avenue, and this is the question with two
> passing sidings in Donora only blocks apart, how often was the
> frequency of service during the "hey" day of street car operation.on
> this route.
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> PS - Herb did not mean any harm on Cleveland, it is just sad to me to
> see an area that has been
> hit so hard up unemployment and decline. Plus love hearing about
> trolleys all over the p lace and
> of course adding to my street car picture files (by city) >
>
> Jerry Matsick
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