[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Swindler,
Here is a quote from the 1952 publication on this matter mentioned by Mr.Long 
and Mr.Lybarger:

"...On Nov 1 1920, service on the Charleroi-Pittsburgh line went from a 30 to 60 
minute headway,
with trips on intermediate times being made between Pittsburgh and Donora.  This 
arrangement 

operated for more than four years, during which time another service operated 
between Riverview
and Roscoe.  On Feb 22 1925, thru service from Donora to Pgh was discontinued 
and in 1930, one man operation started on the route.  A wye located at a 
passenger and freight station in Donora on 

McKean street between 4th and 5th was used for turning the single end thru cars 
from Pgh."

 Phil
Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'





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From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 4:24:44 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans



The initial service alternated with Donora thru trips - it was recorded in the 
Monongahela Valley Republican, which is available at state library on microfilm 
until about 1907.  And yes, we put a copy of streetcar articles in the PTM 
archives.  This newspaper is also where there is an inference that the original 
thru cars were PRC 3200-3209 because the cars numbers were usually reported when 
there was an accident.  Sorry, but further browsing thru the state library 
microfilm files may have to await retirement.




> From: dwightlong at verizon.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans
> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:28:39 -0400
> 
> Ed
> 
> Agreed! I just did not have the dates in memory. I believe John Baxter's ERA 
>publication on the PRC interurbans listed them, and doubtlessly you have other 
>records of them in the Archives.
> 
> Dwight
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Edward H. Lybarger 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, 02 November, 2010 08:39
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans
> 
> 
> Alternating Donora thru trips were a short-lived phenomenon early in the
> 1920s, and have been chronicled here previously.