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

[Herb Brannon]

I guess it will always remain a mystery as to why that track was placed there. I'm done worrying with it.
Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net> wrote:  I have a photo I purchased from John Bromley with Jones car 5253 signed for 86 E Liberty Express near the Homewood Shops. No credit for photographer, only Pittsburgh Railways Photo. I remembered I had it in my Rts.1-99 photo album, and was hoping it was on Liberty Ave. but alas, it is not.

-- Jim Holland 
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> Herb wrote:
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> Gee, something new.
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Yes -- underscores what I said the other day -- there is More Than 
Enough to Learn about PRCo that we don't need Purposely OT posts - any 
topic can stray but I prefer to remain close to topic. We learned 
that there was an 86X.
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> Yes, there was a route 86-East Liberty Express which
> ran on Liberty. This is probably why the switch was there
> .............so those cars could get over to Penn for
> their 'city loop.' The 86 ran well before 1940.
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NO~!~!~! The Wye under discussion is built into the one and only 
outbound track. Agreed that the 86 was pre-1940, but in those days 
Liberty was a 2-way Street with Two TrolleyCar Tracks - one inbound and 
one outbound -- Same For Penn. Here is a photo which emphasizes 
this dated 1936.07.31, a little over 71-years ago:::
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Herb Brannon