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Legend

to South Hills Junction

47D Drake service to Downtown

Pittsburgh (1984-1993)

Gateway

Wood Street

To Penn Station

Steel Plaza

Panhandle Tunnel

I-376 / US 22 / US 30

(Penn Lincoln Parkway)

Trinity River

52 Allentown

PA 837

West Carson Street

Station Square

Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel

52 Allentown

South Hills Junction

Overbrook line

Saw Mill Run Blvd.

Castle Shannon loop

47D

Castle Shannon

42C/42S/47D

to South Hills Junction via

Overbrook (served 1984-1993)

Martin Villa

42S/47S/47D/47L

St. Anne's

42S/47S/47L

Smith Road

42S/47S/47D/47L

Washington Junction loop

47D

Washington Junction

42S/47S/47D/47L

47L to Library

42S/47S/47D

42S/47S/47D

42S/47S/47D

Bethel Village loop

47D

Bethel Village

42S/47S/47D

Dorchester

42S/47S/47D

South Hills Village

42S/47S

Bethel Church

47D

Fort Couch Road

47D

End of surviving electrification

Brookside

47D

Brookside Farms

47D

Walthers

47D

Drake Loop

47D

Interurban

to Washington

closed 1953

Key

47D Drake

47L Library

via Overbrook

47S South Hills Village

via Overbrook

47S (former service)

42S South Hills Village

via Beechview

42S (former service)

The 47 Drake (often abbreviated as the 47D) was a PCC trolley line that was part of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system.

History

The 47D was the last line in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be used solely for PCC streetcars. It originally was part of an interurban trolley line that ran from Pittsburgh to Washington, PA^[1] until 1953, when the service was cut back to the Allegheny County border at Drake^[2] and all trolleys turned using the newly constructed loop, situated below the trestle.^[3]^[4] The line to Drake became part of the 36 Shannon-Drake until the 1980s. After the 1993 closure of the Overbrook route the service became a shuttle between Castle Shannon and Drake and was renumbered 47D Drake shuttle. The line closed on September 4, 1999.

As of July 2014^[update], most of the Drake Line still exists. The stretch of track from the Drake Loop to the "S" curve near the former Walthers stop was removed not long after the line was discontinued. When the Authority took delivery of new LRVs for use on the rebuilt Overbrook line in 2004, the new cars were tested on the Drake line prior to entering revenue service.

Fleet

During the final years of operation, three PCCs were used with a fourth kept as reserve. Car #4004 was donated to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum where it has become part of a collection of historic streetcars and trolleys from all across the United States and other nations.^[5] San Francisco MUNI acquired #4008 and #4009 in an internet auction in 2002^[6] for $5,000 each. However, they are low on the priority list for a return to service as they need to be re-gaged and differ significantly from other MUNI PCCs.^[7]

References

^ Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. July 1952. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
^ Bell, Jon (August 19, 2007). "Pittsburgh's Last PCC Streetcars: The Drake Shuttle (Route 47D)". Archived from the original on July 16, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "West Penn trolley crossing the Drake trestle on the way to the trolley museum in Arden". 1953. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
^ "Drake loop under construction". 1953. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
^ "Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Port Authority Transit Car #4004". October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Laubscher, Rick (2007). "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: PCC past-time". Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
^ Rick Laubscher (August 1, 2008). "Market Street Railway - Sixteen PCCs Out for Renovation Bids". Retrieved August 8, 2009.

[1] Electric Railroads, Number Twenty. Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. July 1952. Retrieved June 6, 2009.

[2] Bell, Jon (August 19, 2007). "Pittsburgh's Last PCC Streetcars: The Drake Shuttle (Route 47D)". Archived from the original on July 16, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "West Penn trolley crossing the Drake trestle on the way to the trolley museum in Arden". 1953. Retrieved October 3, 2010.

[4] "Drake loop under construction". 1953. Retrieved October 3, 2010.

[5] "Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Port Authority Transit Car #4004". October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] Laubscher, Rick (2007). "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: PCC past-time". Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2008.

[7] Rick Laubscher (August 1, 2008). "Market Street Railway - Sixteen PCCs Out for Renovation Bids". Retrieved August 8, 2009.

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 The 47D was the last line in the city of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] to be used solely for [[PCC streetcars]]. It originally was part of an  [[Pittsburgh Railways#Interurban|interurban trolley line]] that ran from Pittsburgh to Washington, PA<ref>{{cite book |url=http://eldorapark.com/trolley/era-forward.htm |title=Electric Railroads, Number Twenty |publisher=Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. |location=Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey |date=July 1952 |accessdate=June 6, 2009 }}</ref> until 1953, when the service was cut back to the [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] border at Drake<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Pittsburgh/Drake/ |title=Pittsburgh's Last PCC Streetcars: The Drake Shuttle (Route 47D) |author=Bell, Jon |date=August 19, 2007| accessdate=July 23, 2008| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080716073233/http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Pittsburgh/Drake/| archivedate= July 16, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> and all trolleys turned using the newly constructed loop, situated below the trestle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/18%20WP-832%203756%20M1%20OB%201714%20Drake%20Loop%2019540207%20RSchramm.jpg |title=West Penn trolley crossing the Drake trestle on the way to the trolley museum in Arden |year=1953 |accessdate=October 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/02-Track%20Drake%20Loop%20Construct%201953xxxx%2001.jpg |title=Drake loop under construction |year=1953 |accessdate=October 3, 2010}}</ref> The line to Drake became part of the ''36 Shannon-Drake'' until the 1980s.  After the 1993 closure of the Overbrook route the service became a shuttle between Castle Shannon and Drake and was renumbered ''47D Drake shuttle''. The line closed on September 4, 1999.
-{{As of|2014|06}}, most of the Drake Line still exists.  The stretch of track from the Drake Loop to the "S" curve near the former Walthers stop was removed not long after the line was discontinued.  When the Authority took delivery of new LRVs for use on the rebuilt Overbrook line in 2004, the new cars were tested on the Drake line prior to entering revenue service.
+{{As of|2014|07}}, most of the Drake Line still exists.  The stretch of track from the Drake Loop to the "S" curve near the former Walthers stop was removed not long after the line was discontinued.  When the Authority took delivery of new LRVs for use on the rebuilt Overbrook line in 2004, the new cars were tested on the Drake line prior to entering revenue service.
 ===Fleet===