[PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....

[Dwight Long]

Phil

See my earlier response on this issue.  Stem times from Tunnel to Rt. 23 were either favorable as opposed to Ingram or about the same with better operating characteristics.  Until the tracks on Rt. 32 were torn up, it was NOT circuitous to feed cars on and off Rt. 23 from Tunnel.  By the time the West Carson Street tracks were removed (after Rt. 32 ended), Rt. 23 was already gone.

At any rate, 3750s were not needed on Rt. 23 by the time frame under consideration.

Dwight

From: Phillip Clark Campbell 
Sent: Saturday, 18 February, 2012 11:29
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....
My apologies, Mr.Swindler, I hit the reply too soon.  Yes!  Low-
3750s had the door; this is already identified.
The 3750s could be used as trippers to the Neville Island Loop
couldn't they; many other lines had short turn trippers for rush
hour service.  The 13 had the 14, 42 had 43, 56 had the 56A,
88 had the 'short.'  Apparently some cars "turned" using the
cross-over where the loop was constructed for the 25-line.

I too have often wondered about the 3750s being based at SHJ.
How did the cars get to and from route?  That would be circuitous
and add much off-route trackage and even more time as it all
occurs in downtown.

It is also interesting to note that the 2-turns from the tunnel to
W.Carson Street were added after the war, presumably for the
Neville Island route which also helped the 32-line.  Ridership
reached its peak in 1947, well after the war, and a down trend
could not be identified until consecutive years show less
patronage.  We have the "advantage" of hind sight don't we;
Prc did not.



Phil


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From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:58 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....
 
And what is the date of the roster??

And wasn't it the low 3750s that were fitted with left hand doors?  And how many 3750s were needed for Sewickley at that time??  Were any PCC cars assigned to Sewickley by 1952??

> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:29:10 -0500
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> 
> 22 June 1952
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:21 PM, John Swindler wrote:
> > 
> > When was route 23 converted tobus??