[PRCo] Re: Reliefs

[John Swindler]

Hi Jim

It's trying to remember back - some 40+ years.  There were a couple 
occasions that the relief was made on the bypass track around the 
administration building.  Maybe because it was sooooo rare, it is remembered 
a bit better.  But there was a problem both times - we sat there for awhile. 
  Was it involved with a car swap?? Was it a "so where is my relief" 
question??  Or did the motormen have to make a "pit" stop and it wasn't a 
relief after all??  It happened, but was too young to pay any attention to 
the reason.  Around 8th or 9th grade.

As for Second Ave. routes, a scheduled relief could have been made on their 
downtown loops, and perhaps that is what happed weekdays.  I'm struggling to 
recall what happened on some Sundays.  I remember being on a Second Ave. car 
starting it's run at Tunnel.  But was this a "pull-out" to add a car to the 
service, or was  this the way a relief was handled on Sundays???  It would 
have been around mid-day on Sunday.  Too many seasons ago.  But the operator 
was Walther, but any other details are lost in mist of time.

Good to hear from you again.

John


>From: jbh at p-r-co.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Reliefs
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:26 -0700
>
> > John Swindler writes:
>.
> > .......
> > For South Hills, most occurred at Tunnel, of course.
> > If it was an outbound relief, the car might pull around
> > the administration building.
> > But that only happened occasionally.
>.
>Only time I ever saw this was after ({[pat]}) took over and then because
>there was a car change out. Sending the 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 behind
>the admin building would confuse one large set of passengers. Even have
>photos of cars displaying Charleroi or Washington making relief On The 
>Main.
>In fact, it is in the video PTM put out a decade or so ago.
>.
> > There is a vague recollection that the Second Ave. routes did
> > pull-outs and pull-ins when shifted to Tunnel in early 60s.
> > But this is a Sunday/Holiday recollection.  Maybe there were
> > street reliefs during weekdays????????
>.
>Once moved to tunnel all these cars would have to pull out and pull in here
>of course but it would be very strange for a motorman to pull out a car for
>a relief and then have to meet the relief car and transfer passengers. It
>would seem that All Reliefs would be on the road unless a car change out 
>was
>needed for some reason.
>.
>.
>.
>Jim__Holland
>.
>I....Like....IKE__---__And....PCCs!
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>down...with...pantographs.......
>.
>UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!
>

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