[PRCo] Re: First PAYE Cars

Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Thu Jun 26 14:54:42 EDT 2008


Suspect it was both 79 and 99.  But all the details are missing for  
the counter clockwise outside loop.  It is not logical that one  
direction would have PAYE cars and the other would not.

On Jun 25, 2008, at 8:30 PM, John Swindler wrote:

>
> Was that the clockwise or counterclockwise loop, and if both loops,  
> the other route number is missing.
>
> Just checking
>
> John
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> From:  
>> fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] First PAYE Cars> Date:  
>> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:26:55 -0400> > First Pittsburgh Railways line  
>> to have PAYE cars? The Inside and > Outside Loop Lines which ran  
>> on Shady, Penn, Cecil Alley, and Fifth > Avenue. In 1914 this was  
>> route 79.> > They received Pay As You Enter cars in October 1908,  
>> probably the > brand new 3500s. This was the first time you walked  
>> past the > conductor and paid a fare instead of the conductor  
>> coming to you.>
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