About Derails

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

Greetings:

My mother, who lived on Shiloh St. before my time, has a picture from the
mid-30s looking from Grandview up Shiloh.  It is nothing but smooth track.
No derails.  Also no street cars.

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net] 
	The 1946 and 1949 ERA maps of Pittsburgh show a multitude of
derails. 
Yes, the derail symbol is in the legend and it possible that such an
item could be a cartographers mistake  AND  it is possible that the
derails on the map are an all-time listing while most were not current. 
One shows on Shiloh before the turn onto Grandview OB on the 40-Line but
member Bob Dietrich lived close to the area and he has no recollection
of such.