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

[Fred Schneider]

I've tuned out the who conversation on the 12th Street Wye.   We do  
know that one side of it was used by the 7 Charles cars until 1953.    
I am pretty sure there were some Strip District short turns on 86 and  
87 and perhaps 94 and and 95 and 96 as well.   Remember there was a  
lot of industry there at one time.   Westinghouse Air Brake was also  
in the Strip District in addition to Armstrong and Crane Fixtures.

On Sep 6, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> 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 
> wrote:
>> Herb wrote:
> .
>> Gee, something new.
> .
> 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.
> .
>> 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.
> .
> .
> 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:::
> .
>
>
> Herb Brannon
>
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