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<DIV><FONT size=4>Herb</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Ha! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>But you did say you took the trolley home from work. I thought
you lived in Carrick now. So how do you take the trolley home from work if
there is no 47 (nor 53, nor 77/54?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hrbran@cavtel.net
href="mailto:hrbran@cavtel.net">Herb Brannon</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 23 May, 2014 07:20</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] South Hills Jct Question</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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luck getting on a 47 trolley these days.<BR><BR><BR>On Fri, May 23, 2014 at
12:26 AM, Dwight Long <dwightlong@verizon.net>wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>>
Fred<BR>><BR>> I think he lives in Carrick. If he takes the
47-Carrick via Tunnel car,<BR>> he would turn off at S. Hills Jct. before
that building would come into<BR>> sight.<BR>><BR>>
Dwight<BR>><BR>> From: Fred Schneider<BR>> Sent: Thursday, 22 May, 2014
20:54<BR>> To: Western PA Trolley discussion<BR>> Subject: Re: [PRCo]
South Hills Jct Question<BR>> Are you possibly talking about the old trolley
overhaul shop? Brick<BR>> building on the west side of the right
of way?<BR>><BR>><BR>> On May 21, 2014, at 9:10 PM, Herb Brannon
wrote:<BR>><BR>> > While riding the trolley home from work (yes, I'm
working again) Monday I<BR>> > noticed a newer building in the South Hills
Jct complex with streetcar<BR>> > rails coming out of one end but not
going anywhere.<BR>> ><BR>> > I was able to check it out further
yesterday (Tuesday) when going home<BR>> from<BR>> > work. The building
number is "5" and it is located about halfway between<BR>> > the South
Hills Jct station and the Palm Garden station. The building has<BR>> >
five or six bays, with overhead doors, which extend from the north end
to<BR>> > the south end. The furthest bay from the current trolley tracks
has a set<BR>> > of rails coming out of the south end then running along
the retaining<BR>> wall<BR>> > (Mt Washington is above this wall) then
turning toward the existing<BR>> trolley<BR>> > tracks. Just before
reaching the trolley right-of-way there is a<BR>> > "Y-switch". The track
splits and starts curving both north and south then<BR>> > ends.<BR>>
><BR>> > There is no way the track could connect to the current
right-of-way<BR>> because<BR>> > of a pronounced difference in
elevation between the right-of-way and this<BR>> > track. Building 5 has,
as I said, several bays. There are no other bays<BR>> > with tracks coming
in and out, however. Currently Building 5 has a lot<BR>> of<BR>>
> PAT heavy duty service trucks parked at the north end. These are
dump<BR>> > trucks, salt spreaders, snow plows, etc.<BR>> ><BR>>
> The question is does anyone know what Building 5 was used for in the
past<BR>> > and why is there a track coming out of one of the bays?
Perhaps, before<BR>> the<BR>> > realignment of the trolley right-of-way
in that area (for the rebuilding<BR>> > and relocation of the tracks above
Saw Mill Run Blvd) was the building<BR>> used<BR>> > for storage of
maybe the line car or other work cars and was it connected<BR>> > to the
right-of-way prior to the new elevation of said right-of-way?<BR>>
><BR>> > --<BR>> > Herb Brannon<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
> *In Pittsburgh.............................A City And.........A State
of<BR>> > Mind*<BR>> ><BR>> > Let's Go Bucs<BR>>
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