Interurbans *from* Pittsburgh

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	The *West Side Electric Street Railway Co.* used to run from Charleroi westbound to 
Ellsworth.  The same company used to run east of Charleroi across the Monongahela to Monessen and 
south to Arnold.

	I am getting this information from a PTM publication *Interurban Lines of the Pittsburgh 
Railways Company and Connecting Lines* which shows all of West Penn, PRCo, the Butler interurbans 
and lines operating along the Ohio River Valley near Wheeling Steubenville, East Liverpool, 
Beaver and as far north as Youngstown.  This is a map and route description showing frequency of 
service and running time.  This was actually published in 1925 but a few more lines which had 
already been abandoned are included for historical reference.

	I have a photo of 1713 northbound crossing through the switchwork of Monessen Junction 
which used to carry the *West Side Electric* across the Monongahela.  Date of the photo is 
1949.08.22.

	Don't know anything about the highway condition along 837 as I live on the other pond!

Jim Holland

Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
> I was talking with Don Galt last night before he headed west again, and we
> were discussing the interurbans; I mentioned that I had never been up the
> road along the valley south from Black Diamond Junction, which you can now
> not head up from route 837; Do any of you know why and how far it's
> closed? I assume it's still hikeable?
> 
> Is any of the right of way where it ran high on the hillside above the
> river valley before dropping down to Charleroi accessible?
> 
> He also mentioned another line which ran through that part of the valley
> that I wasn't aware of; Maybe I'll go do some research after I finish my
> degree work. Bleah!
> 
> -D