[PRCo] Pittsburgh, Knoxville and St Clair Railway

Derrick Brashear shadow at gmail.com
Sat Jul 31 11:41:22 EDT 2010


I could swear we talked about this, but I find no evidence...

Apparently this came back what is now South 13th St in the South Side,
then just before reaching the PV&C (PRR Mon Division) tracks, turned
left between two houses, and went up a ramp, turning hard right *over*
South 14th and jumping over the railroad, before heading up what is
now Brosville. Was there in the 1890s, and was gone by 1901,
presumably because the line over New Arlington Avenue was faster,
lower maintenance, and served more people, and also this approximately
paralleled the Knoxville Incline?

Related:
http://www.lifeinwesternpa.org/viewDetail.asp?SpecSub=Cars%2CStreetcars&title=Transportation+-%3E+Cars%2FStreetcars&ID=119

This was the rack (geared) operation, presumably?

-- 
Derrick



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