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[brathke at juno.com]

I'm not sure about the dates for the shoo-flys, but the old B&O station
(Smithfield St.) was in service until the beginning of July, 1957 when
the new station opened on Grant St..  Actual transfer date may have been
7/1/57.  I have newspaper clippings and photos from July, 1957, but the
old trolley tracks seem to have still been in place at that time.

The Grant St. entrance ramp to the outbound (eastbound) Parkway opened in
November, 1957.  I know that Grant St. between the Blvd. of the Allies
and the Parkway (Ft. Pitt Blvd.) was torn up in mid-1958 when new
concrete pavement and trolley tracks were installed.  In the 1957-59 era
I sometimes  hung out at the new B&O station on Saturdays, collecting
train orders and visiting friends in the train order office.  I remember
having to find a new way (Ross St. and First Avenue) to get to the B&O
station when Grant St. was torn up in 1958.

Bob 6/11

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On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 16:55:06 -0700 Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
writes:
> Greetings!
> 
> 	Looking for photos of shoo-flys for Smithfield-Water 
> reconfiguration
> when B&O terminal was moved from this location to allow ramps for 
> the
> Parkway underneath.
> 
> 	What was the date of this conversion?
> 
> James B. Holland
> 
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