62 Trafford - repaving

[Bob Schmidt]

Speaking of, and confirming, repaving:

I moved to Millvale in the mid-50's about the time the Millvale Carbarn
& Storage Yard at old East Ohio St. & Grant Ave. was leveled making way
for the Rte.8/28 bypass construction.

I too was rather surprised by the "covering over" of tracks from a point
where the carbarn had stood....on out Grant and North Aves. to  the loop
at Bauerstown. Must've had something to do with rail demolition funding
on PATs part.

No doubt a deal was cut with the Mayor and Borough Council of Millvale
where PAT would pay for the better part, (if not all), of the 1.5 mile
length of macademizing (Woops! ...that's "hardtopping" these days), if
they could bury everything. Excavating paving bricks, track, and ties,
would've added considerable cost for the new, budding Authority "bean
counters."

There remains a 60 ft. set of inbound/outbound track set in paving stone
on a short section of the original old East Ohio St. that somehow missed
the dozers blade. It's located in what is now a small parking lot area
outside the West Penn Laco Store. All is adjacent to the bypass at the
intersection of Grant Avenue and old East Ohio Street.  

In the early 50's before operations terminated, I watched M-701, 283,
and Yard Crane 282 operating in the Millvale yard which was PRC's  rail
and ties storage facility. There, many a PCC was transferred off
railroad flatbed cars onto narrow gauge yard trackage which eventually
sent them on down East Ohio Street to their various carhouse
assignments.

Just a bit of recall.
 
Bob S.

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