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

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Long,
The 50-line was based at Craft.  The first curve from tunnel to E.Carson
is there; the 2nd curve wasn't built until the 2-curves from W.Carson
were built.

I am attaching a picture of 1201 again to this email.  You shall NOT receive
the picture itself; the mail program provides a Url at the very bottom of
this email.  Click on it to see the picture.

Please note total absence of tracks to and from W.Carson.
Look at the car stop sign immediately above 1201.  In the same span is
the frog to turn to E.Carson.  It is a little difficult to see the track but it
is there.

 
Phil


________________________________
 From: Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:47 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....
 
Phil (sent from my portable computer)

AIR, there were double curves between East Carson and the tunnel.  However, 
I don't have my maps with me here so I can't verify that.  But if not, how 
would cars coming off route on 50 get to the car house?

I'll take another look at the map later, but I think you are right about the 
lack of a straight through track on Carson.  There would be no need for it. 
I think I made an error there--with respect to calling it a Grand Union.

With respect to cars signed 23 on any part of the South Hills downtown 
loops, that fact is not dispositive.  23 may or may not have been rerouted 
to use one of the South Hills loops.  I know nothing of this, but that does 
not mean it did not happen.  In my day it always used the West End downtown 
loop.  Assuming the base cars always did so, the cars to which you referred 
could just be feed on or feed off runs and not base trips.

We would need access to route guides or old timetables from Way Back to sort 
all this out.  And it all assumes that the curves between the tunnel and 
West Carson are some latter day installation.  In my day they were always 
there, and their use would be the logical way to feed cars based at Tunnel 
Car House on and off Rt. 23.

Dwight


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