[PRCo] Re: West End circle

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> This is an interesting photo which gives just a glimpse of the PRC West
> End circle.  This was one continuous loop;  outbound north of the RR
> overpass,  inbound on the south.  Thus Routes 25, 26, as well as 23
> and 31 when they were running, came inbound on W-Carson, turned
> right onto Steuben, then immediately left, then left on Main and back to
> W.Carson.
> Routes 28, 27, and 30  (when it was a separate route)  outbound turned
> left at Steuben, an immediate left past the RR overpass and then right
> onto Main.  The 32-P&LE cars looped here to return to Smithfield
> where they changed ends.
>
> A PCC can be seen lower left inbound on Main.
>
> Did trolleys 'ever' cross the West End Bridge?  They didn't in the
> 1940s and later.  We drove along Saw Mill and 19 all the way to
> West View and possibly North Park.

They never did. As a note, the area looks very different now. Dumas St was 
just vacated, there's a hole straight through, route 51 will go right onto 
the bridge. Work's still ongoing.