[PRCo] Re: Route 5 passing siding

[Schneider Fred]

Duquesne Light Company still has wires on the North Side.

If you mean trolley wires ... depends on the route.   From the 1942  
on Superior - Shadeland 30 April 1966 on 21 and 6/13.   He gave you a  
year for Spring Garden.

I thought you lived there in a previous life?  l


On Aug 31, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:

> When did the wires go down on the North Side???
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> B
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> From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
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> Some time ago, there was a discussion on this list regarding the  
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> 5-Spring Hill line which was single track from Spring Garden Avenue =
> north to the loop at Rhine and Buente Streets.  Attached is a photo  
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> took of the passing siding on Itin Street, about midway on the hill =
> climbing segment of the line - the photo was taken from Goehring St. =
> looking north. The passing siding was known locally as, "The Switch".
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> The photo was taken on November 2, 1969, about 12 years after route  
> 5 =
> trolleys were abandoned.
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> Bob 8/31/08
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