January 2, 1979. P&LE began running a second train into Pittsburgh. Here it is preparing to leave College Station at Beaver Falls. My good friend Joe Jack and I rode this train into Pittsburgh.
It was doomed from the start (IMHO) because it dropped the passengers and headed back west immediately. If you were going shopping you had to catch the late train home at 5PM with all the regular commuters. They tried it for a year. The rate for a round trip commute was $4.40 a day but the PUCO would not allow a rate increase but would allow the train to be discontinued in 1985. At the time I don't think you could park for less than $10 a day in Pittsburgh, and today the rate in many places in Pittsburgh is $10 an hour.
Charlie
Not to side track you too much, but would you happen to have any shots of the Trailvan trains? In particular, good shots of the flatcar and trailers? I've been having a difficult time identifying the appropriate kinds of equipment I'd need to model such a train.
I figure most of these diesel hauled trailvan trains in your pictures were underwire not long before or after you took the pictures of them.
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