[PRCo] PRCo Route72

[Bob Rathke]

I saw a T1 getting ready to leave Penn Station westbound  on the old bridge in 1948 or 49, but I don't remember if it needed help. 

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From: "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net> 
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:40:23 PM 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo  Route72 


Bob 

Done so that T1 locos would not stall leaving the station westbound.  The rigid frame caused the drivers to bind up on the curve, and most westbound trains with T1s had to be assisted by a snapper to get out of the station. 

Of course before the project was finished, so were the T1s. 

Dwight 

From: Bob Rathke 
Sent: Thursday, 11 July, 2013 12:55 
To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Route72 
That bridge from the PRR station to the 6-track double-deck bridge over the Allegheny River was replaced by the current bridge (with a more gradual curve) in the spring of 1955.   

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond Lattner" <rlattner at pa.gov> 
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion (pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org)" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:22:33 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] PRCo  Route72 

Attached is a pic of route 72 Bloomfield car. Penn ave. downtown. 

>From  http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=hpicasc_ci;med=1;q1=AIS.2012.03;size=20;c=hpicasc;back=back1373559754;subview=detail;resnum=322;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=hpicasc;entryid=x-201203.1917.6503;viewid=20130206-HPICASC-0323.TIF# 

Ray 



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