Pittsburgh Railways

Pittsburgh Railways Company
	; ; PCC 1647 on a fantrip in Downtown Pittsburgh, signed for route 77/54
Locale	Allegheny County and Washington County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	1902–1964
Predecessor	Consolidated Traction Company; Southern Traction Company; United Traction Company of Pittsburgh
Successor	Port Authority of Allegheny County
Track gauge	Pennsylvania Trolley Gauge,; 5 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1,588 mm)
Length	400 miles (640 km) in 1902; 606 miles (975 km) in 1918
Headquarters	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County. It had 666 PCC cars, the third largest fleet in North America. It had 68 street car routes, of which only three (until April 5, 2010 the 42 series, the 47 series, and 52) are used by the Port Authority as light rail routes. With the Port Authority's Transit Development Plan, many route names will be changed to its original, such as the 41D Brookline becoming the 39 Brookline. Many of the streetcar routes have been remembered in the route names of many Port Authority buses (e.g. 71 series).

[edit] History

1895 to 1905 was a time of consolidation for the numerous street railways serving Pittsburgh. On July 24, 1895 the Consolidated Traction Company was chartered and the following year acquired the Central Traction Company, Citizens Traction Company, Duquesne Traction Company and Pittsburgh Traction Company and converted them to electric operation.^[1] On 27 July 1896 the United Traction Company was chartered and absorbed the Second Avenue Traction Company, which had been running electric cars since 1890.^[2]

The Southern Traction Company acquired the lease of the West End Traction Company on October 1, 1900. Pittsburgh Railways was formed on January 1, 1902, when the Southern Traction Company acquired operating rights over the Consolidated Traction Company and United Traction Company.^[3] The new company operated 1,100 trolleys on 400 miles (640 km) of track, with 178.7 million passengers and revenues of $6.7 million on the year.^[4]

Unfortunately the lease and operate business model proved hard to support and the company declared bankruptcy twice, first in 1918 lasting for 6 years and then again in 1938, this time lasting until January 1, 1951.^[5]

On 26 July 1936 Pittsburgh Railways took delivery of PCC streetcar No. 100 from the St. Louis Car Company. It was placed in revenue service in August 1936, the first revenue earning PCC in the world.^[6]^[7]

Large scale abandonments of lines began in the late 1950s, usually associated with highway or bridge work.^[8]

[edit] Duquesne-McKeesport

Highway improvements in the Duquesne-McKeesport area resulted in the replacement of trolley services with buses on September 21, 1958.^[8]

[edit] West End lines

The replacement of the Point Bridge with the Fort Pitt Bridge precipitated the abandonment of many routes to the West End, all on June 21, 1959. Pittsburgh Railways Company was engaged in ongoing litigation over the failure of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission to provide streetcar tracks on the new bridge. In the end the company was allowed to abandon 27 miles (43 km) of street track in situ and was awarded $300,000 as compensation.^[8] However, this was the beginning of the end for trolleys in Pittsburgh and would be followed by the abandonment of 90% of the network over the next 10 years.

[edit] Interurban

Pittsburgh Railways Interurban

Legend

Pittsburgh

Frederick Street

Elwyn

Cooley

Grove

Castle Shannon

St. Anns Church

Washington Junction

Mine No. 3

Santa Barbara

Bethel Church

Brookside

Drake

Clifton

Fifeshire

Valley Farm

Cremona

Orchard

Montclair

County Line

Bells

Thompsonville

Orr

Center Church

Browns Crossing

Mt. Blane

Cheesemans

Snodgrass

Van Eman

Pollock

Murray Hill

Morganza

Richfol

Canonsburg

Alexander

Banfield

Houston

Moninger

Millseat

Arnold

McGovern

Allinsons

Meadowlands

Rich Hill

McClain

Enterprise

County Home

Fair Grounds

Arden

Children's home

Oak Grove

Wallace

Tylerdale Barn

Tylerdale Bridge

Brightwood

Bethel Road

Red Tiles

Boyers

Logans

Kings School

Library Acres

West Library

Hicks

Simmons

Coal Bank

Stewart

Sebolos

McChane

McNary

Union Valley

Finleyville

Lanks

Mingo School

Crookham

Jones

Harrisons

Star Mine

Nolders

Riverview

Monongahela City

Black Diamond

Graham

Victory Hill

Bairds

Boyds Ferry

Donora

Glendennin

Eldora Park

Log Cabin

Eldora

Summit

Bridge 3 NE

Bridge 3 SE

Bridge 2 SE

Bridge 1 SE

Monessen Ferry

Lockview

(West Side Electric)

Monessen Junction

Allenwood

Charleroi

Speers Boro.

Bellevernon Bridge

Bellevernon

Deices

Dunlevy

Fitzgerald

White Barn

Vesta Mines

Lundy

Clipper Landing

Township Road

Allenport

Allenport School

Martin

Stockdale

Marsh's Hall

Snyder

Furlong

Latta

Roscoe

Roscoe loop

Pittsburgh Railways Interurban Division ran an interurban trolley system linking Pittsburgh with towns in Washington County such as Washington, Charleroi and Roscoe.^[9]

[edit] Charleroi

The origins of the Charleroi interurban line began in 1895 in Monongahela City, with the construction of a small street railway by the Monongahela City Street Railway Company. In 1900 the line was extended north to Riverview and in 1901 extended south to Black Diamond Mine. Here it turned inland, south along Black Dam Hollow (the old private right of way is now known as Trolley Lane). It met the northern end of the newly constructed (1899) Charleroi & West Side Street Railway at the now disused Lock number 4 in North Charleroi.

The Charleroi interurban line was cut back to the Allegheny County border at Library (Simmons loop) in June 1953^[10] It continued to run until the 1980s as 35 Shannon-Library and became the southern portion of 47L Library via Overbrook when Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) replaced trolleys. The trolley loop was removed in 2004. In 2010 this line became the Blue Line – Library.

[edit] Washington

The Washington line was cut back to the county boundary at Drake in August 1953 ^[10] and eventually became the 36 Shannon-Drake. This in turn became the southern portion of 42 South Hills Village (excluding the new link from Dorchester to South Hills Village, which was built in 1984). The final portion of the interurban from Dorchester to Drake was renamed 47 Drake, finally closing in 1999 and bringing to an end PCC Streetcar operation in Pittsburgh.^[11]

[edit] Diversification

The company acquired G. Barr & Co., a manufacturer of aerosol cans, in 1962, and bought Alarm Device Manufacturing Company (Ademco) in 1963. It received $16,558,000 for the sale of the streetcar system to the Port Authority in 1964. In 1967, it was renamed to Pittway Corporation.^[12] ^[13]^[14] Later, Pittway became best known as a manufacturer and distributor of professional fire and burglar alarms and other security systems.^[12] On February 3, 2000, Pittway was acquired by Honeywell.^[15]

[edit] PCC types

Listed by delivery date:

1936: Number 100,
1937: 1000–1099,
1938: 1100–1199,
1940: 1200–1299,
1942: 1400–1499,
1945: 1500–1564,
1945: 1600–1699,
1948-9: 1700–1799.

Several of the 1700 cars were rebuilt by PAT in 1981.^[16]

4000 (was 1702)
4001 (was 1720)
4003 (was 1740)
4004 (was 1739)
4005 (was 1719)
4006 (was 1767)
4007 (was 1729)
4008 (was 1709)
4009 (was 1700)
4010 (was 1757)
4011 (was 1733)
4012 (was 4000)
4013 (was 1762)

[edit] Preservation

[edit] Pre-PCC

3487(aka M132): Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways in 1905 by St. Louis Car Company. Converted to a wreck car in 1934. Converted back to passenger configuration in 1956.

4145: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways in 1911 in McKees Rocks by the Pressed Steel Car Company.^[17]

4140(aka M200): Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways in 1911 in McKees Rocks by the Pressed Steel Car Company, converted to a snow plow in 1940, then to a Tow car in 1955.

4398: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways in 1914 by St. Louis Car Company.

3756: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways in 1925 by Osgood Bradley Car Company.

[edit] PCC

1138: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1936 by St. Louis Car Company.

1440: Preserved at the Seashore Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1942 by St. Louis Car Company.
1467: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1941 by St. Louis Car Company.

1644: Preserved at Northern Ohio Railway Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1945 by St. Louis Car Company.

1799(aka 1613): Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1945 by St. Louis Car Company as 1613. In 1979 it was overhauled and renumbered 1799.

1711: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1948 by St. Louis Car Company.

1724: Preserved at the Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh.

A number of the later cars were rebuilt by the Port Authority of Allegheny County and passed into preservation.

4001: Static display in front of South Hills Village depot.
4004: Preserved at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.^[18]
4006: Stored by a private collector behind a warehouse in Columbus, Oh
4007: Static exhibit in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania with numbers removed.^[19]^[20]
4008: Acquired by San Francisco MUNI for the F line.^[21]
4009: Acquired by San Francisco MUNI for the F line.^[21]

[edit] Work Cars

M1: Preserved by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Originally built in 1890 by Pullman Car Company as an 8-wheel car for Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Manchester Street railway. Proving underpowered for Pittsburgh's hills, it was converted to a 4-wheel pay car in the 1890s. When Pittsburgh Railways was formed it was assigned the number M1 and continued service as a pay car.

M37: Snow sweeper, Preserved by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built in 1896 by McGuire Manufacturing Company as #9 for the Consolidated Traction Company. Upon the creation of Pittsburgh Railways it was renumbered M37.

M56(aka BV1): Snow sweeper, Preserved by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built in 1918 for the Philadelphia Company. It started service on the Beaver Valley traction line as #1. In 1935, due to money troubles, it was transferred to Pittsburgh Railways and renumbered M56.

M283: Crane car, Preserved by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1929 by Differential Car Company.

M551: Side-Dump car, Preserved by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built for Pittsburgh Railways Co. in 1922 by Differential Car Company.

M210: Line car, Preserved by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. Built in 1940 by Pittsburgh Railways Co. in their Homewood shops using components salvaged from two other cars.

[edit] Routes

Routes operated by Pittsburgh Railways with date and fate.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]

No.	Route	opened	closed / renamed	notes
1	Spring Garden	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01957-10-06 October 6, 1957^[38]	PCC from 1940, closed (low traffic)^[23]
2	Etna	01907 1907 !by 1907	01952-09-02 September 2, 1952^[38]	Interchange between PRCo and Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway from 1907 until 1931. PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for highway)^[23]
3	Millvale	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01952-09-02 September 2, 1952^[38]	PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for highway)^[23]
4	Troy Hill	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01957-07-07 July 7, 1957^[38]	Loop was in Troy Hill at Lowrie and Roessler Streets. PCC from 1940, closed (street paving / low traffic)^[23]
5	Troy Hill (Lowrie and Gardner)	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	closed; number reassigned
5	Troy Hill via North Avenue	01918 1918 !by 1918^[24]	closed; number reassigned
5	Spring Hill		01957-10-06 October 6, 1957^[38]	PCC from 1946, closed (street paving / low traffic)^[23]
6	Brighton Road	01915 1915 !by 1915	01966-01-26 January 26, 1966	In 1915 timetable.^[22] PCC from 1938. Became 6/13.^[28]
6/13	Brighton Road via Emsworth	01965-09 September 1965	01965-12-31 December 31, 1965	Cut back to become 6/14 Brighton Avalon^[34] when the Avalon bridge (Spruce Run Viaduct) and Ben Avon Bridge (Ravine Street Viaduct), built in 1905, were closed to trolleys due to weight restrictions.^[41]
6/14	Brighton Avalon	01965-12 December 1965	01966-04-30 April 30, 1966^[25]
7	Charles Street	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01961-09-01 September 1, 1961^[28]
8	Perrysville Avenue	01899 1899 !by 1899^[36]	01965-09-04 September 4, 1965^[28]
9	Charles Street Transfer	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	01959 1959 !September 14, 1951^[39]	Double-end shuttle (no loop or wye) between the 7 Charles Street and 21 Fineview services.
10	West View and Bellevue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01965-09-04 September 4, 1965^[28]	Formed a loop with 15 Bellevue. 10 West View was counterclockwise as far as West View.
11	East Street and Madison Avenue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01965-09-04 September 4, 1965^[28]	Short turn of the 10
12	Evergreen Road via East Street	01908 1908 !by 1908	01959 1959 !February 1954^[27]	Interchange between PRCo and Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway from 1908 until 1931. Double-end shuttle (no loop or wye).
13	Emsworth	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01966-09-03 September 3, 1966^[28]	became 6/13
14	Avalon	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01966-04-30 April 30, 1966^[28]	Short turn of the 13. Became the 6/14 when 6/13 was cut back to Avalon loop.
15	Bellevue and West View	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01965-09-04 September 4, 1965^[28]	Formed a loop with 10 West View. 15 Bellevue was clockwise as far as West View.
16	Shadeland^[26]
17	Reedsdale
18	Woods Run via Union Line	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01961-09-01 September 1, 1961^[28]
19	Western Avenue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01961-09-01 September 1, 1961^[28]
20	Rebecca (later renamed Reedsdale)	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	1951^[38]	PCC from 1942. Closed (loss of Manchester Bridge ramp)^[23]
21	Nunnery Hill	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]		Nunnery Hill was an old name for the Fineview neighborhood
21	Fineview	01908 1908^[34]	01966-04-30 April 30, 1966^[25]^[28]	Maximum grade of 12.24% was steepest grade on system. Inbound route duplicated 8 Perrysville Avenue. Initially closed without bus replacement due to grades and narrow streets on outbound route.^[39] Later duplicated by PAT bus route 11
22	Crosstown	01918 1918 !by 1918^[24]	01964-07-04 July 4, 1964^[28]	From North Side (formerly Allegheny City) business area to 6th/5th in downtown.
23	Coraopolis - Sewickley	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	01952-06-22 June 22, 1952^[38]	Crossed the Ohio River 3 times, twice to reach and leave Neville Island, then over the entire channel between Coraopolis and Sewickley^[39]
24	Schoenville	01919 1919^[33]	01952 1952^[33]	Isolated from main network on January 26, 1920 with the closing of O'Donovan's Bridge due to structural deficiencies. Operated with a single car (4344) that was maintained on the street at one end of the line until closure.
25	McKees Rocks – Island Avenue	01910-12-01 December 1, 1910 !by 01910-12-01 December 1, 1910^[35]	01959-06-21 June 21, 1959^[38]
26	McKees Rocks – West Park	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01959-06-21 June 21, 1959^[38]
27	Carnegie and Heidelberg	01910-12-01 December 1, 1910 !by 01910-12-01 December 1, 1910^[35]	01959-06-21 June 21, 1959^[38]
28	Crafton Junction	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	01959-06-21 June 21, 1959^[38]
29	Crafton and Thornburg	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	closed, date unknown
30	Crafton and Ingram	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01959-06-21 June 21, 1959^[38]
31	Ingram–Sheraden	01897 1897^[32]	01950 1950^[26]	The Pittsburgh, Crafton and Mansfield (Carnegie) Railway was chartered to build a streetcar line through Sheraden in 1897. The line closed when the Point Bridge closed as the replacement did not have tracks.
32	Elliott	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01952 1952 !June 6, 1953^[27]	Double-ended shuttle. Later known as 32 P&LE Transfer due to line's eastern terminus at P&LE Station. Track and wire remained intact until 1956 for nonrevenue use.
33	Mount Washington via Point	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01952 1952 !by 1952^[26]	Double-ended shuttle
34	Elliott	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	01959-06-21 June 21, 1959^[38]	Became 31/34 Elliott-Ingram in 1950^[23]
35	Elliott (Lorenz Avenue only)	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
35	Castle Shannon - Library Loop			Via Overbrook. Truncation of Charleroi interurban line. Direct ancestor of current Blue Line - Library
36	Fair Haven	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
36	Castle Shannon - Drake Loop			Via Overbrook. Truncation of Washington interurban line. Direct ancestor of current Blue Line to South Hills Village. Drake Loop service ended 1999
37	Fair Haven and Castle Shannon	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]		Best known by later designation 37 Castle Shannon. Ran via Overbrook; nucleus of modern Blue Line
38	Mount Lebanon and Castle Shannon	01915 1915^[29]	01963-05-25 May 25, 1963^[28]	Outer end beyond W. Liberty Ave. became part of 42/38 Mt. Lebanon-Beechview
38A	Mount Lebanon Castle Shannon Shuttle			A double end shuttle between Castle Shannon and Clearview loop. Replaced by a rush hour extension of 38 Mount Lebanon.^[26]
39	Brookline	01905 1905^[29]	01966-09-03 September 3, 1966^[28]	South along West Liberty Avenue and then turned east along Brookline Blvd.^[26] Originally extended as far as Saw Mill Run, cut back in 1906.^[29]
40	Mount Washington via Tunnel	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01966-09-03 September 3, 1966^[28]
41	Mount Washington Short Line	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
42	Dormont	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]		became 42/38 Mt. Lebanon-Beechview when 38 trackage on West Liberty Avenue abandoned.
42/38	Mt. Lebanon-Beechview			Formed from 42 Dormont and southern end of 38 Mount Lebanon. Direct ancestor of Red Line
43	Neeld Avenue	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]		Short turn of the 42 and 42/38
44	Knoxville via Tunnel	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	0Error: Invalid time.circa 1968	Signed as 44 Knoxville-Pa. Sta. for its northern terminus. Combined with route 48 in late 1960s
44/48	Knoxville-Arlington	0Error: Invalid time.circa 1968	01971-11-14 November 14, 1971^[38]
45		01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
46	Brownsville Road	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01946-09-30 September 30, 1946	Became 49 Beltzhoover
47	McKinley and Southern	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
47	Carrick via Tunnel	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01968-03-30 March 30, 1968	Renumbered 53
48	Arlington	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	0Error: Invalid time.circa 1968	Combined with 44 Knoxville circa 1968. Portions became part of 49 Arlington-Warrington in 1971
49	Beltzhoover via Brownsville	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01971-11-13 November 13, 1971^[38]	portions became part of 49 Arlington-Warrington
49	Arlington-Warrington	01971 1971	01984 1984	renamed 52 Allentown
50	Carson via Smithfield	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01966-02-26 February 26, 1966^[28]
51	Bon Air	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	01959 1959 !by 1959^[26]
52	Carson via Tenth Street Bridge	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01959 1959 !by 1959^[26]
52	Allentown	1984	March 27, 2011	Part of PAT Brown Line. Trackage remains active with no scheduled service.
53	Carrick via South 18th Street	01901 1901^[31]	01971-11-13 November 13, 1971	Terminus in Brentwood. Rerouted via tunnel March 31, 1968.^[38] Last car 1627
55	East Pittsburgh via Homestead and Braddock	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01964-07-04 July 4, 1964^[28]	Replaced by bus when Glenwood Bridge rebuilt without trolley tracks.
55A	Munhall via Homestead		01964-07-04 July 4, 1964^[28]
56	McKeesport via Dravosburg	01895 1895	01963-08-31 August 31, 1963^[28]	The McKeesport to Dravosburg line was electrified by the McKeesport and Reynoldton Passenger Railway Company in 1892. The line from Pittsburgh was extended from Hays to Dravosburg in 1895 and a trestle linking the two lines was completed in 1897.^[42]
56A	Lincoln Place via 2nd Ave.		01963-08-31 August 31, 1963^[28]
57	Glenwood	01890-03 March 1890^[26]	01964-07-04 July 4, 1964^[28]	First permanent electric line in Pittsburgh, Second Avenue Traction Co. Short turn of the 56.
58	Greenfield	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01964-07-04 July 4, 1964^[28]
59	Homeville - Homestead		01953-03-08 March 8, 1953^[30]	Double-ended shuttle^[39]
60	East Liberty-Homestead		01958-09-20 September 20, 1958^[27]	Some cars extended to serve Kennywood Park, signed East Liberty-Kennywood
62	Trafford	01910-12-01 December 1, 1910 !by 01910-12-01 December 1, 1910^[35]	01962-05-02 May 2, 1962^[28]
63	Trafford City Express	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
63	Corey Avenue, Braddock	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]	01959 1959 !by 1953^[26]	Double-ended shuttle^[39]
64	East Pittsburgh via Wilkinsburg	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]
65	Hawkins and North Braddock	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
65	Munhall-Lincoln Place		01965-09-04 September 4, 1965^[28]
66	East and West Wilkinsburg via Forbes	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]
67	Swissvale, Rankin and Braddock	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01967-01-28 January 28, 1967	Replaced by bus service 61B Braddock - Swissvale^[28]^[43]
68	McKeesport via Homestead and Duquesne	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01958-09-20 September 20, 1958^[27]	Served Kennywood Park. Longest line on the system (13.8 miles)
69	Larimer via Ellsworth	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
69	Squirrel Hill		01958-09-20 September 20, 1958^[27]
70	North Highland	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
71	Centre and Negley	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]	Later called Negley-Highland Park
72	Bloomfield via Forbes	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
73	North Highland via Forbes	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
73	Highland		01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]
75	Wilkinsburg via East Liberty		01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]
76	Wilkinsburg via Hamilton Avenue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]	Signed simply as Hamilton. From Fifth and Market, along Fifth to Hamilton, to Brushton, to Tioga, to Wilkinsburg.
77	Wilkinsburg via Fifth Avenue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
77/54	North Side to Carrick via Bloomfield		01965-09-04 September 4, 1965^[28]	Fondly known as the "Flying Fraction". Cut back to loop on Seneca and Gist Streets July 8, 1963 due to repaving of Brady Street Bridge^[38]
78	Wilkinsburg - Verona	01901 1901 !1901^[37]	01938-03-27 March 27, 1938	Originally the Wilkinsburg Verona Street Railway
78	South Highland Avenue via Fifth	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
78	Laketon Rd.		01959 1959 !by 1953^[26]	Double end shuttle from Wilkinsburg to Highland Ave. This was a cutback of the line to Verona, Oakmont and Hulton
79	Forbes, Shady and Penn	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
80	East Pittsburgh via Braddock and Homestead	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
81	Atwood Street	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01959 1959 !September 8, 1951^[38]	Double-ended shuttle route with through downtown single-end cars in rush hours (outer end looped)^[38]
82	East Liberty via Centre Avenue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
82	Lincoln		01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]
83	Centre and Herron	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]		Short turn of the 82
84	Centre and Larimer (night car)	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
85	Wylie and Bedford	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01966-01-26 January 26, 1966^[28]
86	East Liberty Express	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
87	Ardmore		01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]	Second longest line on system (by 0.1 mile), at 13.7 miles. Line between Wilmerding and Wilkinsburg abandoned September 4, 1966^[38]
88	Frankstown Avenue	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]	01967-01-27 January 27, 1967^[28]
90	Penn Avenue and West Wilkinsburg	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
92	Shady Loop via Penn	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
94	Sharpsburg and Aspinwall	01910-12-01 December 1, 1910 !by 01910-12-01 December 1, 1910^[35]
94	Aspinwall	01938 1938	01960-11-12 November 12, 1960	Closed during replacement of 62nd St. Sharpsburg Bridge with Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge, which did not have streetcar tracks.^[28]^[44]
95	Butler Street		01960-11-12 November 12, 1960^[28]	Short turn of the 94; turned at 62nd & Butler
96	Penn and Negley via Butler	01915 1915 !by 1915^[22]
96	E. Liberty-62nd St.		01960-11-12 November 12, 1960^[28]
98	Larimer via Penn	01916 1916 !by 1916^[40]
98	Glassport		01963-09-01 September 1, 1963	Closed following severe storm damage on August 3, 1963^[45]^[46]
99	Evans Ave Glassport			Double end shuttle from Glassport via Ohio Ave, 9th, Monongahela Ave, 5th Ave to Evans Ave.^[26] Became 98 Glassport

A notable, unnumbered, tripper (unscheduled extra) service was signed Stadium-Forbes Field, for Pitt Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers football games and Pirates baseball games. Pitt Stadium and Forbes Field were convenient to the lines on Fifth Avenue and Forbes Avenue, both two-way streets during the trolley era. This service, which probably last ran in fall 1966, was no longer possible after the East End lines closed in January 1967.

The Interurban lines did not use route numbers. Outbound interurban cars were signed for their outbound destination, namely Charleroi, Roscoe or Washington; some PCC rollsigns instead suffixed Shannon- to the destination, e.g. Shannon-Washington. Inbound cars were signed simply Pittsburgh.

[edit] Car barns

track remains in-situ in this 2008 photo of Chestnut Street in East Allegheny, where 1 - Spring Garden and 5 - Spring Hill once ran

Pittsburgh Railways inherited many different car barns from the companies that formed it, many of which were closed during the final years prior to take over by the Port Authority. At the time of the PA takeover on February 28, 1964, only Craft Avenue, Keating and Tunnel (South Hills) remained as streetcar facilities, together with Homewood Shops, and a former carbarn in Rankin used only for dead storage of retired cars.

[edit] Craft Avenue

A large (~14 road) facility with several administration buildings at Craft Avenue and Forbes Avenue in Oakland.^[47] It served routes 50, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 75 and 81. Craft Avenue assumed storage duties for East End facilities that were closed such as Homewood, Herron Hill and Highland Park, as well as Carrick on the South Side; thus it eventually also served routes such as 22, 71, 73, 76, 77/54, 87 and 88. Craft Avenue ceased to be a streetcar facility on January 28, 1967 when all East End lines were converted to bus.^[38] The site is now occupied by the Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

[edit] Glenwood

Glenwood Car Barn served the 55, 56, 57, 58, 65 and 98 routes and housed approximately 54 cars.^[48]

[edit] Homewood

Homewood car barn was begun in 1900 and grew to be one of the two largest installations of Pittsburgh Railways, with 110 cars housed there. Also the site of PRC's heavy repair shops, it covered four blocks from 7100 to 7400 on the south side of Frankstown Avenue, bordered by North Lang Avenue to the west, Felicia Way to the south and Braddock to the east.^[49] In 1955 Barn No. 2 was destroyed by fire along with all of the equipment within it, which included fourteen PCC trolleys.^[50] Homewood car barn closed in 1960, though the shops remained in use until January 1967 when all East End lines were closed.^[38] The large site is now used for a mixture of residential and commercial premises, with the last remaining railway buildings converted first to a skating rink and then in 1997 to a bowling alley and entertainment venue called the Homewood Coliseum.^[51] Since 2000 the complex has also housed The Trolley Station Oral History Center.

[edit] Ingram

Ingram carbarn was the main storage facility in the West End. Located on Berry Street in Ingram Borough on routes 30 and 31, it also served routes 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 34. It consisted of a 4-road brick shed housing 20 cars,^[52] an 8-road open yard capable of holding about 120 cars,^[53] and a brick administration building. Ingram ceased as an active facility after June 21, 1959 when all the West End lines were abandoned after the Point Bridge was closed to traffic, although 30 1000- and 1100-series PCCs made surplus by the conversion were scrapped there.^[52] The property was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh; the barn proper was converted in 1968 to the Church of the Ascension, while the yard office was converted to classrooms, parish offices and a parish hall.^[54]

[edit] Keating

Keating car house was built in 1921.^[34] It served routes 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 21. The remaining trolley routes from Manchester car house (6, 13, 14, 18 and 19) were moved to Keating in 1959. The final North Side trolleys (6/14 and 21) were transferred to South Hills Car House in 1965 and the facility became the bus-only Ross Garage.

[edit] Millvale

Millvale car barn was built on the site of the Graff, Bennett Mill which burnt down in 1900.^[55] It catered for services 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.^[56]

[edit] Plummer Street

The car barn at 48th and Plummer Street in Lawrenceville served the 94 Aspinwall, 95 Butler Street, and 96 East Liberty via Morningside services. It replaced the Butler Street Cable and Horse car barn at 47th and Butler. It was closed in the summer of 1954, with services 94 Aspinwall and 95 Butler Street routes being assigned to Manchester Car House until June 1959. They then transferred to Keating Car House until replaced by bus routes on November 13, 1960. Service 96 East Liberty was transferred first to Bunker Hill car barn then Homewood Car House until June, 1960. It was then transferred to Craft Avenue car house, also being replaced by buses on November 13, 1960 when the 62nd St. Sharpsburg Bridge was closed.^[57]

[edit] Tunnel

The Tunnel (also referred to as South Hills) car barn, located along Curtis and Jasper Streets next to South Hills Junction and the south portal of the South Hills Tunnel, was the car storage facility for many, and eventually all, South Side lines, and one of the most important such facilities on the entire system. It consisted of a 4-road brick shed with administrative offices, plus a 6-road outdoor yard. While containing fewer tracks than yards like Craft Avenue, the length of the tracks allowed storage of many more cars per road, especially outdoors. Tunnel served lines 23, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 43 (later the 42/38), 44, 46 (later 49), 48, and later the 47 and 53 lines to Carrick, and the final North Side lines 6/14 and 21. It also shared storage duties for the two Interurban lines with the barns in Charleroi and in Tylerdale (Washington).^[38] As the nucleus of the surviving PAT trolley lines, Tunnel barn survived into the mid-1980s, when it was demolished after being replaced by the current PAT storage and maintenance facility at the end of the South Hills Village branch off the Drake line.^[39]

[edit] West Park

The West Park car barn in McKees Rocks was a large facility with two barns and several outdoor sidings.^[58] It was bounded by Third Street to the north, Chartiers Avenue to the south and Rox Street to the east. It closed in 1931, but remained a storage facility for scrap trolley parts. The building was demolished in 1951.^[59] A Foodland food market now occupies the southern part of the site, with new housing to the north.

[edit] Gallery

PCC 1604, route "49 - Beltzhoover"
PCC 1643, route 44/48
PCC on route "53 - Carrick"
PCC 1791, route "10 West View
PCC color scheme in Pittsburgh
Later PCC color scheme for Pittsburgh Port Authority Transit

[edit] See also

Pittsburgh Light Rail

[edit] References

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^ "Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Port Authority Transit Car #4004". 17 October 2007. http://www.pa-trolley.org/Roster/PAT4004.htm. Retrieved 08 August 2009. ^{[dead link]}
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^ ^a ^b "AMCAP - 59A Homeville". November 8, 2006. http://www.amcap.org/pat_route_history/59a.shtml. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Nick Markowitz (February 15, 1977). Pittsburgh: The South Hills Record. http://wiki.carrick-overbrook.org/Trolleys_in_Carrick. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
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[edit] External links

Pittsburgh Railways Company
Charleroi Interurban
Finding aid to the Pittsburgh Railways Company Records at the Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Photographs from the Pittsburgh Railways Company Collection

[0] Pittsburgh And The Pittsburgh Spirit. Pittsburgh: Chamber Of Commerce Of Pittsburgh. 1928. p. 197. http://www.archive.org/details/pittsburghandthe028120mbp. Retrieved October 18, 2009.

[1] MRS. S. KUSSART (1925). THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FIFTEENTH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. Bellevue (Pittsburgh), Pa.: Suburban Printing Company. p. 57. http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/history/local/kussart31-60.txt. Retrieved December 2, 2010.

[2] "Historic Pittsburgh - Chronology by Year: 1902". http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?searchtype=ybrowse&year=1902&start_line=0. Retrieved October 18, 2009.

[3] Johnna A. Pro (August 30, 1999). "Pittsburgh's trolley history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990830trolley7.asp. Retrieved 2007-04-12.

[4] Railroad Magazine. March 1954.

[5] Andrew D. Young, Eugene F. Provenzo (1978). The history of the St. Louis Car Company, "Quality Shops". Howell-North Books. p. 196 (photo caption). ISBN 0831071141.

[6] "South Hills Junction - cars that passed by - Car 100". March 7, 2008. http://www.dietrichsfam.com/shj/cr100.htm. Retrieved August 7, 2009.

[v17n4-7] The Southern California Traction Review Volume 17 No. 4 - Pittsburgh Railway Co. Annual Report (1958). 1959. http://www.erha.org/timepoints/v17n4.htm. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

[8] Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric Railroaders Association, Inc.. July 1952. http://charleroiinterurban/era-forward.htm. Retrieved 6 June 2009.

[PCSR-9] "Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad HAER no. PA-410" (PDF). http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa3400/pa3483/data/pa3483.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[10] Bell, Jon (2007-08-19). "Pittsburgh's Last PCC Streetcars: The Drake Shuttle (Route 47D)". http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Pittsburgh/Drake/. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

[funding-universe-11] "Pittway Corporation". FundingUniverse.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lH2m3Qa4ZVAJ:www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Pittway-Corporation-company-History.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=firefox-a. Retrieved February 10, 2012.

[post-gazette-12] Markowitz, Jack (May 1, 1968). "New Track At Pittway". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19680501&id=Q51RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7387,175471. Retrieved February 10, 2012.

[historic-pittsburgh-ais-13] "Pittsburgh Railways Company Records, 1872-1974, AIS.1974.29". Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/images/pittsburgh/pghrailways.html. Retrieved February 10, 2012.

[bbw-pittway-14] "Pittway Corporation". Bloomberg Business Week. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=297173. Retrieved February 10, 2012.

[pt3-15] "Pittsburghtransit.info - Pittsburgh Railways / Early PAT". August 28, 2005. http://www.pittsburghtransit.info/index3.html. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[16] Janice Crompton (7 May 2009). "Pittsburgh streetcar comes home". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09127/968122-55.stm. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

[17] "Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Port Authority Transit Car #4004". 17 October 2007. http://www.pa-trolley.org/Roster/PAT4004.htm. Retrieved 08 August 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[18] "Vintage PCC trolley on South Park Road in Bethel Park". 14 September 2009. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohliger2/3939154492/. Retrieved 21 September 2009.

[19] "Mike Samolovitch Collection_0020 - PCC 4006". 27 May 2009. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesam1/3570651629. Retrieved 8 August 2009.

[MUNI-20] Rick Laubscher (1 August 2008). "Market Street Railway - Sixteen PCCs Out for Renovation Bids". http://blog.streetcar.org/2008/08/sixteen-pccs-car-no-1-out-for.html. Retrieved 8 August 2009.

[Lewis-21] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb Lewis' Pittsburgh Street & Trolly(sic) Guide. Lewis Publishing Co. 1915. pp. 185–200. http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/u?/digitalbks2,15288.

[pt9-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Pittsburghtransit.info - The Routes - PCC Operation". 28 August 2005. http://www.pittsburghtransit.info/index9.html. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[pgt1918-23] "The Gazette Times". 20 June 1918. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xNYOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HmgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4969,3389431.

[prc-24] "Pittsburgh Railway Company 1872-1974". 30 April 1966. http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?c=pghrail&g=imls&page=index. Retrieved 02 September 2009.

[per-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Maps of PA". Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club. 1959. http://www.mapsofpa.com/pitts/1959_1729.jpg. Retrieved 2 September 2009.

[pro3-26] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Pittsburgh Railways Online - A Trolley Car Tragedy - 1950's". February 18, 2002. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/tramstop/history4.html. Retrieved November 16, 2009.

[pro4-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an "Pittsburgh Railways Online - A Trolley Car Tragedy". 18 February 2002. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/tramstop/history4.html. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

[brookline-28] "The Brookline Connection - Trolley Service in Brookline". October 6, 2009. http://brooklineconnection.com/history/Trolleys/Trolleys.html. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[AMCAP59-29] "AMCAP - 59A Homeville". November 8, 2006. http://www.amcap.org/pat_route_history/59a.shtml. Retrieved October 10, 2009.

[carrick-30] Nick Markowitz (February 15, 1977). Pittsburgh: The South Hills Record. http://wiki.carrick-overbrook.org/Trolleys_in_Carrick. Retrieved October 11, 2009.

[pghbridges_corliss-31] "pghbridges - Corliss Street Tunnel". August 30, 2001. http://www.pghbridges.com/pittsburghW/0581-4478/corliss_tun.htm. Retrieved October 25, 2009.

[west_end-32] "Steel City Traction 2 West End Story Narration Script". http://www.transitgloriamundi.com/trolley_videos/pittsburgh_west_end/narration.html. Retrieved October 29, 2009.

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