[PRCo] Re: Liberty 12th Wye_--_Why?~?~?~!~!~!

[Herb Brannon]

At one time wasn't there a route 86-E. Liberty Express. I'm talking about early PRCo days not PATransit. I had the Rt 86 explained to me by Oliver Miller one time. I believe Oliver indicated the route used Liberty (west of 32nd) rather than Penn as the 87 and 88 routes did.
"Barry, Matthew R" <mrb190 at pitt.edu> wrote:  
I am not sure, but it may have had something to do with the possibility of detouring cars that would have traveled inbound over Penn Avenue. There was an inmound track coming down Liberty Avenue at 32nd street, that switched into the outbound Liberty Avenue track. Plus there were inbound tracks on Penn that had switches leading into two side streets onto the outbound Liberty track.

Anyone else want to take this?

Matt


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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Jim Holland
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Subject: [PRCo] Liberty 12th Wye_--_Why?~?~?~!~!~!

*http://tinyurl.com/22zq3r
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**Had to check my maps to confirm but yes, Matilda, a single track wye
did exist at Liberty and 12th. Had there been a wye on 12th and Penn
then we would have had a short stretch of single track to short turn
from either direction. But only a simple turn for the
44-Knoxville_&_PA_Stn existed at Penn and 12th so _Why_The_Wye_ at
Liberty and 12th?~!~?
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*Jim Holland*

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Herb Brannon