Route 5 Spring Hill

[Robert E. Rathke]

Thanks, Ed.

I live in Chicago, but expect to be in Pittsburgh next month, and will
stop by the Museum.

Although an item of minutiae, the derail was always of interest to me
because my grandfather was born in 1890 in the house across the street
from where it was located.  The derial is gone, but the house is still
there.  He often talked about the Spring Hill line, the OLD 16th Bridge,
and the installation of the derail after a runaway trolley incident.

Thanks for all the info.

Bob Rathke 7/10

On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 11:54:47 -0400 "EDWARD H. LYBARGER"
<twg at pulsenet.com> writes:
>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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