[PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?

[John Swindler]

Thank you, Barry.
 
I went off to college in 1965, so the memories are early 1960s and by time I returned to Pittsburgh, there wasn't much left.  Fortunately, John Baxter would send me copies of public timetables for service changes.
 
Cheers
John
 

 

> From: mrb190 at pitt.edu
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:23:49 -0400
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?
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> Actually, route 47 Carrick via Tunnel, didn't cease until March 31, 1968. That was the same day that route 53 stopped running through the South Side on Carson Street, and up 18th street. The next day, the 53 took over route 47's route through the tunnel on a regular basis until abandonment in November 1971.
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> Earlier on and sometime in 1966 (I think) the 53 Carrick stopped using 2nd avenue and the 10th Street Bridge to get to Carson Street, and began using the Smithfield Street Bridge. Perhaps this occurred when route 50 Carson Street was abandoned in 1966.
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?
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> 47 was Carrick via Tunnel, and the impression is rush hour only during the 1960s 
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> Around 1964, route 53 Carrick (via 10th st. bridge) was rerouted via Mt. Washington Tunnel. Essentially made 47 a full time service with different number.
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> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> > From: rayprco53 at verizon.net
> > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:31:10 +0000
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> > Didn't PRC0 also run 53 trippers across the Smithfield St. Bridge?
> > I think I saw that on a schedule but I could be wrong. 
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> > From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> > Sender: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
> > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:19:17 
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> > Reply-to: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?
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> > 53 used the Tenth St. bridge and Second Ave. to downtown. 50 used Carson St. and Smithfield St. bridge. Both were on Carson 10th to 18th St. Then 53 went up 18th to Brownsville Rd., while 50 continued on Carson to 30th St.
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> > In early years there were two routes that used Tenth St. bridge and two routes on Carson that used Smithfield St. I think Tenth St. bridge had a short turn at 22nd and Carson. Routes numbers 50, 51. 52 and 53 were originally used on these Carson St. routes. But some of the numbers were shifted around over the years. 
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> > The shuttle to 36th St. was the remnant of the line from Carson to Hays on south side of Mon River. There was a Pittsburgh & Birmingham/PRC carbarn at Carson and 30th St., which might have had something to do with 30th being terminal of route 50 Carson.
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> > just trying to keep current (lol)
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> > Cheers
> > John
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> > > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:04:43 -0400
> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?
> > > From: shadow at gmail.com
> > > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
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> > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
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> > > > Please explain how Rt. 50 diverged from Rt 51, or even vice versa!
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> > > sorry, should have said 53, not 51!
> > > i have bus on the brain.
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> > > Derrick
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