Greasings: Workcar Bob lives! Neville Island specs based on company business having been conducted there.... Length of Island: approx 4.7 miles Width: .30 mile avg. Lifeforms: Industrial, few commercial, some residential. Present Industry: East End of Island (McKees Rocks side): Aristech Chemical, Calgon, and Kosmos Cement Mid-Island: Neville Chemical West End of Island (Coraopolis Side): Residential, Tavern, Small Business, Route I-79 on/off ramp to the island. Past Industry: In addition to the above, Dravo Corporation occupied approximately a mile of the Northwestern shore of the island during the World War II years-(1940's),where Naval landing barges, (LST's), were built, launched, and sent South for distribution. I believe the launching ramps are still in evidence. Residential then was ten times what it is today. Bob S. -- Attached file included as plaintext by Listar -- Received: from smtpin-101-9.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.149) by storefull-612.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-101-9.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id A142920C; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: saturnv@webtv.net Received: from meredith.dementia.org (MEREDITH.DEMENTIA.ORG [128.2.120.216]) by smtpin-101-9.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 92837124; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from meredith.dementia.org (meredith.dementia.org [128.2.120.216]) by meredith.dementia.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f5C2NpR24193; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:23:51 -0400 Received: with LISTAR (v1.0.0; list pittsburgh-railways); Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:23:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by meredith.dementia.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f5C2NiR24173 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:23:45 -0400 Received: from LOCALNAME ([207.214.220.20]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with SMTP id <0GES00JDYPB3SI@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net> for pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:23:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:10:16 -0700 From: Jim Holland Subject: [PRCo] Neville Island To: "-->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -<--" Message-id: <3B256BF8.4D4@pacbell.net> Organization: Holland Electric Railway Operation -- St.-Petersburg Trams Company (SPTC) *O*--Scale Imports -- mailto:PGHPCC@pacbell.net MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03C-PBXG (Win16; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-listar-version: Listar v1.0.0 Sender: pittsburgh-railways-bounce@lists.dementia.org Errors-To: pittsburgh-railways-bounce@lists.dementia.org X-original-sender: pghpcc@pacbell.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Listar version 1.0.0 X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: X-list: pittsburgh-railways HI! This island must have been huge -- and in the middle of a River to boot, Not a Lake, and certainly Not the Ocean!! The photo on the top of pg.171 of *PCC From Coast to Coast* shows a 1500--series car on side-of-the-road prw on the Island on single track. And quite a distance can be seen behind the car, all single track! With a total of 5-sidings for PRCo trolleycars, one with a complete circle for a reverse loop so the siding is more than a couple car-lengths, another siding which appears sizeable, at least 6-RR-crossings, and a considerable stretch of double track on the east end of the island, this is quite an interesting operation in its own right!! Do more detailed plans of the track layout for the island exist? How long was the island? How wide was it at the widest point? Is the Island strictly for Business, or were there homes as well? Can't recall ever being on the island. What is there today? Do people live there today? -- James B. Holland