[PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg

[Derrick Brashear]

apparently you come down evergreen road, since the line existed :)

yeah, i know the old approach wouldn't work today. something where one of
the 2 HOV lanes is would work, and could drop you right into the tunnel
stub on the north side.


On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Unquestionably.  But who pays, and how do you get south of McKnight Road?
> Center of the freeway works most of the way, but the subway connection
> would
> be circuitous.
>
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> Derrick Brashear
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 8:41 AM
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Edward H. Lybarger
> <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:
>
> > You have to wonder how many other companies nationwide were built,
> > like the Harmony Route, to satisfy the gigantic ego of the guy behind
> > it.  It went the long way to Butler (and probably drew just enough
> > traffic from the Short Line to render it insolvent); New Castle was a
> > long way off and although it had people, not enough of them wanted to
> > go to Pittsburgh.  In between was a lot of nothing, plus Evans City
> > and Ellwood City.  Oh, yes, there was also a nice camping area along
> > the Connoquenessing that Mr. Boggs favored.  He also favored the most
> > expensive construction that could be had...only the best.
> >
> > Mr. Boggs built the line with the expectation that everyone adjacent
> > to it would come to his department store.  This just didn't happen.
> > David McCahill compounded the misery by acquiring the Short Line out
> > of receivership in about 1919...now he had two companies that couldn't
> > earn a living, and when the bonds came due, there was no money.  Some
> > of the bridges sat for years after abandonment because no one could
> > earn enough in scrap value to justify the labor cost of dismantling them.
> >
> > Just another company that never should have been built.
> >
>
> While today, a fast rail route to at least Cranberry would be fantastic.
>
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