[PRCo] Re: 88 Transit and Suburban

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Lybarger;


Thank you for this information.  'Blue Ridge' sounds more appropriate for
Kentucky doesn't it.  I remember the name but that is all.  Very interesting
and varied history.



Phil






> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:28:01 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 88 Transit and Suburban
> 
> Blue Ridge Lines competed with PRCo on both interurbans.  PRCo competed with
> itself on Charleroi with a bus route that didn't make it into the
> Depression.  Greyhound acquired Blue Ridge in 1955, then sold the
> Washington-Wheeling service about 1959 to Suburban Lines, based in
> Washington.  The Charleroi service was sold to 88 Transit Lines at about the
> same time.  Both companies were owned by the drivers, which worked well for
> a while and then became a problem as rider numbers dropped and drivers
> retired but still wanted dividends.  Finally Suburban was sold to Shortway
> out of Detroit, who bankrupt it pretty quickly.  88 Transit is still around,
> and contracts to Mid-Mon Valley Transit Authority.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:20 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] 88 Transit and Suburban
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> 
> > From: Edward H. Lybarger 
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:01:27 AM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: More photos
> > 
> > 88 Transit and Suburban were not in business in the early '50s.  They 
> > were a late '50s result of Greyhound's decision to get out of the 
> > local service business that they had acquired in 1955 through the 
> > purchase of Blue Ridge from Potomac Edison.
> > 
> This is more than I ever wanted to know about coaches but here you have
> piqued my interest, to a limited degree.  Who competed with Charleroi and
> Washington service if any?  Did 88 eventually operate these routes?  I'm
> sorry;  while I recognize the name 'Suburban' I do not remember anything
> about them.  Was Suburban the competitor for Charleroi and Washington?
> 
> 
> Phil