Finleyville Photo

[Edward H. Lybarger]

You would get the cracks even if they cut off the rail head and patched the
pavement.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Derrick J
Brashear
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 4:02 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: RE: Finleyville Photo


On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Don't know about the rails being buried...haven't been out there with a
> metal detector lately (or ever)!  But the PUC required removal of at least
> the rail head when they granted the abandonment petition.  I suspect you'd
> find the base (and perhaps some of the web) still there.  Marion Avenue is
> not a thoroughfare that cries for frequent repaving to withstand the crush
> of heavy traffic.

Well, this was telltale cracks, if I recall, about 3 years ago... and a
sewer grate placed perpendicular to and between the tracks at the next
block on Marion...

-D