Second Avenue/Tenth/Carson *also 11th street in town

[John Swindler]

During street repaving in McKeesport several years ago, West Penn alignment 
on Market St. near Boston Bridge was revealed, including location of passing 
siding and turnout to amusement park.


>From: brathke at juno.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: Second Avenue/Tenth/Carson   *also 11th street in town
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:43:48 -0500
>
>And as I mentioned last year, I believe that nearly all - if not all - of
>the 5-Spring Hill trackage and turnouts still exist under the asphalt all
>the way from Spring Garden Avenue up to the loop at the end of the line
>on Rhine St..  Route 5 trolleys were abandoned in October, 1957.  The
>line ran on Itin and  Rhine Streets, and both of these streets (and the
>rail in them) were simply topcoated with asphalt in May, 1959.  And
>that's the way it is today.
>
>Dallas abandoned trolleys in the 1950's.  In the late 80's, they removed
>the asphalt from McKinney Avenue, and now they've got trolleys running
>there again.  And soon they'll have a couple of Toronto PCC's in service.
>
>To add to the discussion about relocating abandoned bridges in
>Pittsburgh: the McKinney Avenue trolley folks acquired a railroad bridge
>and plan to reconstruct it into a turntable for turning the PCC's when
>they extend their trolley line to the DART LRV station.
>
>And I believe that within the past two years IRM acquired a bridge in
>Chicago for relocation to their museum in Union, IL.
>
>Bob 9/29
>
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>
>On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:38:31 -0400 (EDT) SaturnV at webtv.net (Bob Schmidt)
>writes:
> > Right, Don. Tom Hannon, (operator of PAT' s M283 crane car in the
> > 80's),
> > lived on Beltzhoover at about the point where Bailey became
> > Beltzhoover.
> > I remember discussing those paving marks and recall him mentioning
> > he
> > had no recollection of any trolley operation requiring rails in that
> > section of Beltzhoover Avenue. The closest "in service" streetcar
> > line
> > was located at the bottom of that hill at the Warrington Ave./
> > Beltzhoover intersection where the 44, 48, and 49 routes operated.
> >
> > Exposed PRC rails can be seen on a short section of old East Ohio
> > Street
> > in Millvale in front of West Penn Laco Co. There's also a more
> > generous
> > stretch of trackage laid in red brick paving stone on Chestnut
> > Street,
> > Northside, that runs from one block North of East Ohio Street to
> > Spring
> > Garden Avenue.
> >
> > Bob S.
> >
> >
>
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