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

[Ken and Tracie]

You are correct, Dwight. It had nothing to do with the current Route 23 
discussion. It was speculation concerning PRCo seemingly going against its 
pattern of trackage redundancy by abandoning an alternative to the Point 
Bridge at such an early date.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 2:42 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....


>
> Ken
>
> But did not that "what if" have to do with rerouting West End service 
> trams
> over the Smithfield Street Bridge after PRC was ejected from the Point
> Bridge?  AIR it had nothing to do with the feed on-feed off of Rt. 23 
> trams
> from Tunnel Car House.  At any rate, Rt. 23 was long gone by the time the
> Point Bridge route was foreclosed.
>
> Dwight
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken and Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 4:41 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....
>
>
>> We did.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 12:23 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Making sense of the PRC assignments....
>>
>>
>>>> 2) The tracks on West Carson most assuredly did NOT last until the end
>>>> of
>>>> the West End lines. West Carson was repaved without tracks well before
>>>> that
>>>> date--1959. As a result, the Railways had to install what may have been
>>>> the
>>>> last brand new trackage they built, connecting links between the West
>>>> End
>>>> and North Side lines across Stanwix Street in the Triangle. This was 
>>>> the
>>>> only connection between the West End and the rest of the system after
>>>> the
>>>> demise of the West Carson trackage.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I seem to recall having that discussion, in the "what if" west end
>>> ended up being served via the Smithfield
>>> St Bridge, West Carson and so on discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Derrick
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>