JTC Tidbits --- Gleanings From *Trolley Fare*

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Jim Holland wrote:

> 	"Rail in the street is nearly completely removed, as evidenced by the
> Kovalchic Salvage Co. trailer truck loaded with short sections of girder
> rail seen near Coopersdale.  Only short stretches of exposed rail on the
> Moxham line could be found, although we did not investigate the Franklin
> line or the outer end of Morellville.  All rail has been removed from
> Moxham yard, and the 'flying platform' was not detected anywhere."

Can someone who knows what this is tell us of the "flying platform"?

Around 1990 there was still a small bit of exposed rail on the Horner
line, at an intersection which now I forget, but basically one street
south of Horner right where the outbound track doglegged over to Horner.
More recently it had been paved over.

About 5 feet of rail from the Coopersdale loop was showing in the same
time frame, but more recently may have been covered in dirt or paved over.

-D