[PRCo] Re: Route 86 East Liberty

[Jim Holland]

 > f3 wrote:
.
 > Route 86 and 87 Ardmore were two separate routes
 > going opposite directions from East Liberty.

 > Route 86 went from Penn and Highland,
 > East Liberty to "Dawntawn."
 > It was established Dec. 3, 1906.

 > In Jan., 1923 route 86 was extended on the Paulson,
 > Shetland, Larimer loop in East Liberty.
 > On August 6, 1928 it was rerouted over Penn,
 > Frankstown, Felicia and Braddock to Homewood.
 > Nov. 30, 1928 cars began to terminate at
 > Frankstown Loop, Wilkinsburg.

 > Route 87 ran from East Liberty to Wilmerding in 1917
 > and was shortened to Tioga Loop,
 > Wilkensburg, to Wilmerding in 1930.

 > Then, effective August 22, 1937, route 86 was
 > combined into 87 and the route number 86
 > was abolished. On that date cars ran through
 > under the 87 number from Wilmerding to
 > Downtown Pittsburgh.

For the purposes of our Liberty // 12th discussion do the route cards 
say anything about this portion of the line and how it looped downtown~?~?~?


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