[PRCo] Fwd: Re: [LRPPro] Pittsburgh 1948 - Part 2

[Bill]

--- In LRPPro at yahoogroups.com, stennyson at ... wrote:

  Those were all "my" lines that I scheduled in  1948. My wife-to-be
lived on #6 Brighton Road so I rode it often prior to 1948 sometimes at
1am, 
   The trip mileages are again far too short.  The cars loaded up in the
Triangle and used  multi-line track through the lower North Side which
was commericial.
    Route 8 started dropping off about 1.5 miles from downtown but went
out 5 miles so the average trip would be about 3.0 miles. Route 10 was a
speedway on East Street which was a narrow valley with no side streets.
Most riders went farther out, There was a major Amusement Park at the
Route10 to 15 number change point . No loop. Every #10 had to become a
#15  and every 15 a 10.
   I would guess the #10 average trip was 4 miles. There was precious
little transfer opportunity eccept between lower  North Side and the
Triangle. Pittsburgh had few crosstown lines to transfer to but lots of
downtown transfers,  There were two kinds of transfers, (1) free
transfers  and (2) special revenue transfers which cost a full dime, No
8.33 cent token,  Special transfers were for travel from the four
quadrants of  the city, Free trasfers were for within quadrants.  Fares
were raised 20 % in 1948 so free transfers were on a  dime fare. I
forget what specials cost.  
    Route 12 was what was left of the Pittsburgh, Harmony. Butler & New
Castle Ry. It ran hourly with a double end car.
Double end cars were not subject to the  15-minute headway policy,  3
mile ATM
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