[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The wye and the station are still there, disused the last time I visited. 

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Dwight
Long
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:23 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

Phil

The wye was there til the end, as was the former station.  Neither used, at
least on any regular basis.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Phillip Clark Campbell
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Sent: Tuesday, 02 November, 2010 17:46
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans


  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.'





  ________________________________
  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.