[PRCo] July 1, 1959 - Letter to the Editor - Urging Street Car Development

[Derrick Brashear]

Of course, with right of way most of the way to Carnegie that "we" since
paid to duplicate
in the form of the West Busway (with about the same amount missing in terms
of the connection into
downtown) the commenter is correct... not that funding to make it happy was
forthcoming then!

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> What they all failed to appreciate was that the West End lines were
> perennial money-losers.  Twice PRCo had considered conversion to trolley
> coaches and didn't do it because of the cost involved.  But when the state
> buys you new buses and you get bargains from municipalities regarding track
> removal costs, you don't look toward long-term rapid transit possibilities.
> By 1959 the company was effectively a cash-only outfit, because credit was
> scarce to firms without a stable profit base.
>
> Ed
>
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> Barry, Matthew R
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:16 PM
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion (
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> Subject: [PRCo] July 1, 1959 - Letter to the Editor - Urging Street Car
> Development
>
> Published about a week and a half after the abandonment of the West End
> Lines.
>
> Matt
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