[PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur

[Herb Brannon]

John,
That's what I got last week when I took the Blue Line to Shannon. The guy
at the fare collection booth at Overbrook Jct (aka Castle Shannon) said,
"You should have got the Red Line and you would have been here sooner". I
too told him I wanted to see the "Saw Mill Run Valley". He answered, "Oh."
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 16:55, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>  Arlington Avenue was still running a couple years ago, but just a few
> trips during the rush hour.  The last p.m. trip operated via Arlington to
> South Hills Jct. then via Beechview to South Hills Village.  At South Hills
> Jct., the motorwomen said that I should have taken an Overbrook car from
> downtown.  Told her 'I always like to take the scenic route'.     > Date:
> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:05:09 +0200
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur
> > From: joshuad at cs.cmu.edu
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> >
> > On 15 April 2012 21:45, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > List
> > >
> > > Is this correct?  No more service along former route 37?
> >
> > Maybe he meant the Arlington Avenue service (52 Allentown, more
> > recently called the Brown Line).  Wikipedia says that was canceled in
> > March 2011, though, not 2012.
> >
> > > Also, I had thought service to Union Station had ended some time ago.
>  Did it end and then get reinstated, or what?  When I rode the first
> afternoon trip a few years ago, the motorman had to stop and unlock the
> gate in the cyclone fence and move it off the tracks.  Hardly rapid transit!
> >
> > IIRC, in the early '00s there were exactly two afternoon trips from
> > Penn Station.  Wikipedia backs me up there:
> >
> > "As late as 2001, the line would only see, if any, up to two afternoon
> > rush hour trains. ... The station continues to be used in extremely
> > limited circumstances, including usage as part of the Port Authority's
> > detoured transportation routes following Super Bowl XLV on 6 February
> > 2011.[6]"
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Station_(PAT_station)
> >
> > -j.
> >
> >
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park