[PRCo] Re: Downtown Pittsburgh TrolleyCar Routing_--_1910

[Jim Holland]

Looking at Smithfield and 7th in this photo  http://tinyurl.com/yup4fm  
it is difficult to tell if the rails to and from 7th // Liberty are 
polished  --  used.     But I wonder if that intersection was built in 
response to Arnold's suggestion in this map  http://tinyurl.com/2vr5u2  
    ALL  South Hills lines would use Smithfield, 7th, Wood both 
directions Except those that turn Smithfield to Water to Wood 'would' 
again turn onto 3rd, Smithfield, and back to bridge.     According to 
the 1952 "Electric_Railroads"  article on PRCo, the original Interurban 
terminal was at 3rd and Wood.     Although Arnold's report is about 1910 
/ 1912  (and interurban terminal had been moved from 3rd//Wood to PRR 
Union Station in August-1905, 102-Years Ago~!~!)  he is possibly 
suggesting that the routing revert to original.     Still possible for 
the Interurbans to come in over Smithfield, 7th, Grant, Union Station, 
Liberty to Smithfield or Wood to return and something else could take 
the short turn from Wood IB to 3rd to Smithfield.     Notice the 
otherwise absence of tracks on Grant~!~!~!
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Jim Holland wrote:
> It seems it would be Much Easier to Guess the Downtown TrolleyCar 
> routing of PRCo in 1910, especially given this map of rush hour 
> activity in 1910.     While some references state that 1902 was the 
> date upon which the local railways were organized under the name 
> PRCo,  others indicate a later date.     At any rate, PRCo would have 
> a very wide range of equipment.     Only some of The High Floors were 
> in operation and possibly a few Low-Floor Trailers; the Kuhlmann 
> 3600-series interurbans were pressed into service in 1910 as well.     
> The results of this Arnold study would shape the PRCo into a much more 
> fluid system as would the delivery of well over 1,000 low floor power 
> cars.     Notice that there is only spotty service on Grant  --  it is 
> yet to become a major TrolleyCar Thoroughfare.
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> *Jim Holland*
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> Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*
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> ....................From 1930 -- 1950
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> *Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)*
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> *N.M.R.A.*
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