An outbound 1700-series PCC is climbing the grade after leaving South Hills Junction. The switch in the foreground on the inbound track was part of a large loop from outbound to inbound South Hills Junction that went out of service about 1953-1955.

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Pittsburgh Railways / Port Authority Transit

An outbound 1700-series PCC is climbing the grade after leaving South Hills Junction. The switch in the foreground on the inbound track was part of a large loop from outbound to inbound South Hills Junction that went out of service about 1953-1955. This connection was maintained to back cars for scrapping near the intersection of Warrington and Haberman

R Hill photo courtesy the Ken Josephson collection; caption assistance by James B Holland

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