Smithfield & Carson Streets

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Jim Holland wrote:

>         And as mentioned on a previous post - once the West End was abandoned,
> all the points, mates, and frogs on Smithfield to turn West on Carson
> were removed and replaced with normal girder rail for straight-thru on
> Smithfield.  The rails leading to these switch components remained.

	Harold A. Smith photo #PI-0404 of this location shows the connection
from West Carson to and from North Smithfield still intact, and on the
inbound 32 the switch point is in the outside rail, which is an unusual
occurrance!  The diamond crossing appears to be removed on the inbound
32 outbound 42.  This photo is in ({[PAT]}) days, 1964.06.07.

	Amazingly, the trolley wire is still intact although all frogs have
been removed.  This is for all directions!

James B. Holland
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