[PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 56B

[Derrick Brashear]

10th ward being the river side of the P&LE mon division, west of the yough?

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
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> A while back John and I engaged in a dialog about former Rt. 56B.  This =
> was the remnant of old Rt. 56 that resulted from that route=E2=80=99s =
> re-routing when the new Dravosburg bridge was opened;  it served the =
> 10th Ward of McKeesport.  After Rt. 99 was converted to PCC operation =
> and renumbered 98, the outer end of the former Rt. 99 (the Evans Avenue =
> portion) was combined with Rt. 56B.  My fot 53-0111 shows car 4397 at =
> the 10th Ward end of the line about a month before end of rail =
> operations, which occurred on 27 May 1953.  As always, if Ecartis =
> prevents you from viewing this fot, send me an email with your address =
> and I=E2=80=99ll forward directly.
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> Dwight
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Derrick