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

[Herb Brannon]

It was 49-ARLINGTON-WARRINGTON when I was running PCCs in the 1970s and
1980s. Later it became 52-ALLENTOWN and after that it was known as the
BROWN LINE. But yes, back in "the day" it was 49-BELTZHOOVER and before
that 46-BROWNSVILLE. During the Rt 46 era the 49 ran via the Mt. Washington
Tunnel according to "Pittsburgh by Trolley and Bus" issued by PRCo in June,
1937.
Click on the blue links below to view the PATransit 52-ALLENTOWN schedule
and map from 1993.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 17:21, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

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> BTW, the former service along New Arlington Avenue was Rt. 49-Beltzhoover.
> The service that PAT cobbled together for their "over the hill, not through
> it" line used part of Rt. 49 and part of Rt. 48-Arlington to get from the
> Panhandle bridge to South Hills Jct. I assume that track will be left in
> situ for use in case of tunnel mishaps or maintenance. Rt. 52 was a shuttle
> ("Transfer" in PRC speak) running upriver on Carson Street from the Rt.
> 50-Carson loop.  It was gone by the late 40s or early 50s.
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> Dwight
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 4:17 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur
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> > Click on the blue link below to view the current (as of 3/25/2012) rail
> > system map of PATransit. There is no service shown to Penn Station. Also
> > no
> > service is shown on the old Rt 52-Allentown (Brown Line). I'm not sure I
> > understand what you mean by "No more service along former route 37?". The
> > Blue Line and the Red Line both serve Castle Shannon. I was just on a
> Blue
> > Line train last week which ran via Overbrook to Castle Shannon.
> > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 16:05, Joshua Dunfield <joshuad at cs.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
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> >> On 15 April 2012 21:45, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> > List
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> >> > 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.
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> >> > 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:
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> >> "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)
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> >> -j.
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> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park



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