Washington Trestle

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Picture 206 looks outbound at a northbound car crossing Van Eman Viaduct.
It's a process of elimination:  the Charleroi bridges were built for double
track, so it's Washington.  The high tension lines were on the west side of
the track, so it looks south.  Drake had four brackets holding the wires,
Thompsonville had seven, Van Eman had five.

Now I cheat:  I have a photo taken the same day of the 3800 car in the same
spot.  It shows the north end of the bridge timbers, so I know there are
exactly five brackets on this trestle.  And having grown up about half a
mile from here, I know that the topography and landscape are correct.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:30 PM
To: PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* --
Subject: Washington Trestle


Greetings!

	This URL http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/wvp206.htm is not on
the Charleroi line as Bill indicates and it is not 1946, either (Bill
showed a photo of 1710 passing Tylerdale southbound
[http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/wvp115.htm] and dated that as
1947 - 1.5 years before 1710 was delivered to PRCO!)  This - wvp206.jpg
- is the Washington line but I cannot specifically identify the
trestle.  This is the 1952.07.27 joint charter with the Akron group; the
sign below the door side front window is what gives this one away.  The
group had made a special sign to hang in this location and the sign is
much more clear in the original photo and other photos from that trip.

James B. Holland
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