Various answers, corrections &c. ATTN: Jim Holland & John Swindler

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Your reasoning is quite sound, Don, and certainly makes alot of sense.

Donald Galt wrote:

> Unfortunately, I haven't seen any maps showing the route of the PS
> through Finleyville. It is possible that it took the slightly longer
> route following Lick Run to Bruceton, thence overland to Castle
> Shannon. This, however, goes against the statement that the B&O
> built a new line instead of using the PS north of Finleyville (not
> Bruceton.) I'm betting that a railway that could build over the very
> consequential hill from Banksville to Castle Shannon would think
> nothing of tackling the hilly territory between CS and Mesta and
> between Library and Finleyville, the route later used by PRCo.
> Besides, anything else would mean that the only PS trackage
> used by the Charleroi line would have been that between Mt.
> Lebanon and Castle Shannon - hardly what we have been led to
> believe.

	But the section of history below confuses me as how does a standard
gauge RR get from Banksville to the West End?  Did it follow W. Liberty
inbound to Saw Mill and then head west?

Donald Galt wrote:

> I only quoted bits from Hilton. The Pittsburgh Castle Shannon &
> Washington was only the intended name for what became the
> Pittsburgh Southern. It was, as stated, originally meant to connect
> with the Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon, but a change in directorship
> resulted in the new company's building its own line through Mount
> Lebanon to a connection with the Little Saw Mill Run RR at
> Banksville, and to a gauge of 3' 0" instead of the P&CS's 3' 4" (The
> LSMR was standard gauge, requiring dual gauge between
> Banksville and Temperanceville (West End) to accommodate the
> PS trains.)

James B. Holland

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