Monessen Junction

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

Signal numbers on the Washington Route were consecutive from Washington Jct.
They were indicative of mileage from/to Grant & Liberty on the Charleroi
Route.  Signal 140 was at Morganza and faced timetable south.  Signal 105
was/is at Brookside facing north.  The photo IDs are correct but the
rationale is not!

The photo at Morganza is part of a series shot by Union Switch & Signal soon
after they installed the system

A company stop list from the late `30s/early `40s reads:

Black Diamond
Glendenning
Eldora Park
Log Cabin
Eldora
Summit
Bridge 3 NE
Bridge 3 SE
Bridge 2 SE
Bridge 1 SE

The map in the INL piece appears to be a company map, perhaps from a tariff?
It shows the fare zones and the track features.

Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Monessen Junction


> Greetings!
>
> Don Galt wrote:
> >
> > But, then, Lockview station was on the hillside right smack above Old
Lock
> > 4, and just north of the Lock 4 School. Yet my maps show Lockview itself
> > farther up the road (and, undeniably, more remote from the interurban
> > line.)
>
> Many times I have noticed that *stop names* seem to have no relationship
to the immediate
> surroundings, but can't come up with a good example right now.
>
> > Were there stops at Bridge#1, Bridge#2, Bridge#3? Barring these, I see
no
> > note of any stations between Lockview and Eldora.
>
> YES - that linear map you have shows stops on the south side of each of
the Bridges with
> Bridges #3 and #2 having telephones - the underline shows telephones.
>
> > >From Jim Holland:
> >
> > >> I have an absolutely super photo from John Brinckman <<
> >
> > Certainly sounds super, from the description.
> >
> > Those of you with photographs, of course, are singularly blessed.
>
> YOU  can purchase these photos as well; there are some super ones out
there.  Another
> excellent source of photos are the calendars put out by PTM.  They might
have some for 1997 and 1998
> yet but all other back dated calendars are gone.
>
> > Parting shot: what is the location of the photo on the first page of the
> > 1944 INL article by Ira Swett, showing a car just beyond a section of
> > double track?
>
> The photo of a 3800 approaching a siding actually *appears to be* entering
Brookside siding
> with the car heading south on the Washington line even though the article
itself deals only with the
> Charleroi line!!!!!!!  And the snow photo on the page with the map appears
to be along Morganza Road
> on the Washington line with the car heading northbound.  If the direction
is correct the signal mast
> indicates a location 14 miles south of Pittsburgh which would make
Morganza possibly correct.
> Fourteen miles south of Pgh on Charleroi should be north of Lanks yet and
that would still be double
> track as Lanks, the beginning of single track on Charleroi, was 16 miles
south!  (But it looks like
> the scenery along 88 near Mingo or Crookham on the Charleroi line.)
> --
> James B. Holland
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