West View PRW

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings

I dont remember any involvement of PRC.  The 10-15 was acquired by PAT and
abandonment would be the same as on lines to Mckeesport, Wilmerding, etc.  PAT I
believe made different arrangements with the City, the County and other
municipalities.  PRC was correctly obligated to pay for abandonments before
takeover by PAT in accordance with the PaPUC Abandonment order.
PAT was not under PaPUC control.

Harold Geissenheimer

mrb190 wrote:

> All of this discussion about amusement parks and in particular, West View, has
> been good reading.  Thanks to all!
>
> The discussions prompted me to recall reading somewhere that PRC was actually
> stuck with the removal of Keating trackage as well as the rights-of-way after
> the closure of Routes 10/15/11.   I know that PAT took over more than a year
> before this, so that always seemed strange to me.
>
> Perhaps PAT leased the trackage from PRC until the route closures?   Or am I
> incorrect about the whole issue?    Seeing as how PRC refused to do anything
> about the West End lines' trackage/overhead removal, I don't see that they'd
> care one way or the other about West View.....
>
> Thanks,
> Matt