Elevations --- PRCo Interurbans

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Would love to get a copy of this if possible.  This might be something
that others would like as well and could be offered for a *donation* to
PTM--Archives  --  What Think??

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Somewhere in the PTM Library we have a profile map of the entire Pittsburgh
> & Charleroi.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> [mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:13 AM
> To: PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* --
> Subject: Elevations --- PRCo Interurbans

> Greetings!

>         Roy G. Genedict drew out the Library and Drake interurban lines showing
> each stop and some of the elevations along the way - 1963.  My copy is
> not clear.

>         DRAKE                           LIBRARY

>                         South Hills Jct - 880' above sea level
>                         Castle Shannon - 1050'
>         Washington Jct - 1100'          Washington Jct - 1100'
>                                         1/2-way to Mine #3 - 1150'
>         Santa Barbara - 1190'           Hillcrest - 1230'
>         Hulz - Beth Vill 1150'          Mesta - 1200'
>         Bethel Church - 1100'           Latimer - 1100'
>         Brookside Switch 1050'          Logan - 1050'
>         Walther-Drake Wye 1000'         Library Acres-Leonard 1000'
>                                         Simmons - 950'

>         The rise from Wash.Jct to Mine #3 is quite steep - way too much for a
> RR!

James B. Holland

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