[PRCo] Re: 4366 on Nevergreen

[Fred Schneider]

That is the same way Ed Miller always labeled his pictures ... "last full day of service."  Makes more sense than saying a line quit on June 3 because the last car came in to the barn at 12:32 a.m. on June 3rd.   


On Feb 14, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Re abandonment dates:  We try to cite the last day of scheduled service as
> the termination date.  In the case of Route 12, that was Saturday, 12-5-53.
> December 6 was the first day without the trolleys.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Herb
> Brannon
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:49 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 4366 on Nevergreen
> 
> For what it's worth:::::
> 
> *1946 PRCo Guide Routing:
> 
> 12-Evergreen
> Evergreen Rd at City Line, Inbound to East St, North Ave, Sandusky St,
> Robinson, Ninth St Bridge, Ninth, Penn to Seventh; Outbound via Seventh,
> Seventh St Bridge, Sandusky, North Ave, Madison, East St, Evergreen Rd to
> City Line.
> RUNS RUSH HOURS ONLY
> 
> All other times from East St at Evergreen to City Line and return to East &
> Evergreen only.
> 
> *
> Also the book Pittsburgh Railways, by R Beal, indicates the line abandoned
> 6 December 1953. The last car operated on Rt 12 was 4393 and it was also the
> last  double-end car in regular service on the PRCo system.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 21:55, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Ed/Fred
>> 
>> So what this implies is that even at the end Rt. 12 came down into the 
>> triangle?  I'm not disputing it;  I never got around to riding it.  I 
>> simply thought that at the end it was a shuttle over the portion of 
>> the line outward from the Rt. 10 junction.  I take it from this that 
>> such was not the case?
>> 
>> Dwight
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:40 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 4366 on Nevergreen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> 
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