[PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 56B

[Dwight Long]

Derrick
Yes.  The end of the car line (after truncation from the old bridge) was at Atlantic Avenue and John Street, which is where the for that Ecartis ate was taken.

Dwight

From: Derrick Brashear 
Sent: Monday, 29 October, 2012 17:00
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 56B
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