[PRCo] Re: Glenwood Bridge

[Derrick Brashear]

Somehow the intersection of the street which is now Brady going down to 2nd from forbes was Tustin at Forbes in like 1951. I don't get it

Derrick


On Feb 12, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:

> Route cars show last schedule of route 411 Tustin and Brady was dated March 25, 1927.   When I typed the route cards I noted that there was no indication when the last car ran along the north bank of the river east of Glenwood Bridge.   Previously this was covered by the 413 Glenwood Bridge and Keating schedule.   The line had 30 minute service east of Glenwood Bridge from 1905 to 1910.   In October 9, 1910 it was reduced to a car every 45 minutes.    By 1921 it was running one trip daily.   
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> Tustin and Brady along with Keating franchise cars provided a once a day service in the 1920s on tracks from Rankin along the north bank of the river down to the Exhibition Building that were not otherwise used.   For those unfamiliar, franchise cars were run just to keep a franchise active.  Companies felt that the franchise had some value .... perhaps if only to keep someone else from running a bus over those streets .... but it was not lucrative enough to provide any form of regular service.   
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> Grumpy Fred  :<{}
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> On Feb 12, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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>> I just looked it up.  Second Avenue Traction's power house is the building
>> just behind the bridge.  Everything else fits, but the car house is still up
>> the road at American Street.
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>> Ed 
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Ray
>> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:44 AM
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>> Subject: [PRCo] Glenwood Bridge
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>> Hello. Since you gentlemen are so knowledgeable, can you provide any insight
>> regarding the attached picture? I know it is the Glenwood bridge but that's
>> about it.
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>> Thanks
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>> Ray
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