[PRCo] Re: Rt 52 and extension to Hays

[Dwight Long]

Derrick

the last day of rail operation of Rt. 52 was 2 August 1950.

The 36th Street to Hays line was in the 1914 PRC route book as route 302.

Dwight

From: Dwight Long 
Sent: Monday, 16 April, 2012 21:01
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur

Derrick

I believe that line lasted into PRC days.  Would have to check the route 
list from, AIR, around 1914 that I have at home.

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 7:49 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur


> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>>
>> Derrick
>>
>> Apparently Rt. 52 was not only not a peer, but also not a payer. Had it
>> been, no doubt PRC would have put a loop at its upriver end and run Rt. 
>> 50
>> cars through.
>
> I did once find a map showing when the track had gone all the way
> through to Hays, but presumably once the PRCo underliers merged it
> became
> sufficiently not a payer that it was cut to 36th St, a.k.a. 
> "Williamsburg".
>
>> As to the tram route numbers vs PAT ones, just review the name of this
>> list.When in Rome---------
>
> Context is everything. In the context of bus numbers, the name of this
> list would give me 200-series numbers, at least in some cases, yes?
> And we didn't even touch those.
>
>
> -- 
> Derrick
>