[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh 4322 from Gaterman file 409

[Derrick Brashear]

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>  After reading the correspondence as it came out, I was under the impression that what was being said was that the inner portion of the 38 did not run on Saturdays and service along the outer end in Mt. Lebanon was provided by 42/38 cars.  My recollection was different, and it was proven by the attached timetable:  that 42 cars were extended southward from Dormont Jct. to serve Mt. Lebanon's shopping district on Saturdays.
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>  I visited Pittsburgh 5 or 6 times a year in those years (specifically to ride its streetcars--and pick up a pound of chocolate fudge from Bolan's on Wood Street), and my recollection is that the Saturday cars were numbered 42, not 42/38.  But that was a long time ago and I may not be correct.
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>  It is ironic that the line now goes underground through that section, with no station.

there are steps and an elevator up to Washington Road-level, in the
middle of the business district but the stretch from Dormont Junction
to there is devoid of anything.

i had lunch there a week ago and biked to Station Square, then took
the T and walked up, mirrored on the way home.