Route 5 Spring Hill

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

5-1-07    Route established from Chestnut & Ohio to Rhine at Buente
1-3-27    Extended to city via 9th Street Bridge
8-18-38    Rerouted to 16th Street Bridge
4-10-46    Loop opened
10-5-57    Last day of rail service

Can't tell about the passing track without a huge amount of research, and
even then the answer is not guaranteed to be there!  I simply do not have
the time to dredge up this minutiae as things are presently structured.  If
Bob is in the area, though, I can tell him which books to look in!  We
probably wouldn't have any detail on the derail in any event.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert E. Rathke <brathke at juno.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 12:24 PM
Subject: Route 5 Spring Hill


> Can you give me dates for the Spring Hill line - start and  expansion.  I
> know that the loop on Rhine St. was built in 1946, and believe that an
> earlier end-of track was on Rhine St. near Yetta Ave., in the 30's.  Was
> the passing siding on Itin Street built as part of the original line?
> Was the derail switch near the bottom of Itin Street always there (I
> heard that it was added to the track after a runaway accident)?
>
> I grew up a block from the Spring Hill loop, and took photos on the last
> day of operation in 1957.
>
> Bob Rathke 7/4
>
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