[PRCo] Riverview Loop and PRC Northbound Interurbans

[Jim Holland]

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> Jerry wrote:
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> Jim, you reference Pgh Interurban cars using the WYE
> at Riverview, in all my years living there I never
> experienced a Pittsburgh interurban Car doing a
> backup turn around at the Riverview Wye?
>What was the reason for not going south to
> Charleroi and points south?
> Would passengers transfer to a Charleroi or Donora Car?
> Thanks

> Jerry M
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Rush Hour Trippers  --  more people riding locally but not going all the
way to Charleroi  --  one or two trips only went as far as
Riverview.     If people wanted to go further they would have to
transfer here to whatever would take them to their final
destination.     Same as 37-Shannon trippers which, in later years,
operated in rush hours only.     People going further could wait for the
appropriate car to transfer.
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The 1949.09.11 Charleroi schedule shows two Riverview trippers  --  one 
at 4.26-PM and one at 4.56-PM  --  both had a Charleroi car right behind 
by 4-minutes downtown  --  Charleroi cars ran every 30-minutes on the 
hour and half hour.
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On the 1952.06.01 schedule there are 3 Riverview trippers:  4.26-PM, 
4.55-PM,  and 5.20-PM.   Interurban still running every 30-minutes until 
10-PM at which time it is hourly to Charleroi except that the 
12-Midnight and 1-AM trips only go to the Charleroi Car House.   This is 
Both Weekday and Saturday Service.
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The 1953.04.19 schedule shows some drastic changes as this is not long 
before the final chop of Charleroi.   Interurban running hourly, even an 
AM tripper to River from downtown Pgh at 5.30-AM then 4.26-PM, 4.30-PM, 
4.55-PM, 5.24-PM 5.30-PM, and 6.30-PM.     If the headway for 
Interurbans was 30-min then the 3-Riverview trips at 4.30, 5.30 and 6.30 
would continue on to Charleroi~!~!~!
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In 1949 the 10.30-PM trip from Pittsburgh arrived Charleroi at 12.37-AM 
and on Saturday night / Sunday morning this trip left Charleroi at 
12.52-AM and went north only as far as Riverview~!~!~!   Then it went 
directly to the barn  --  presumably to pick up the final rabble 
rousers.   This is  *_Assumed_*  from the schedules.    PRCo could 
easily have done this with a Donora car but those were slow vehicles and 
doubt it was a local to make this trip.
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-- 
*Jim Holland*

Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*

....................From 1930 -- 1950

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