Uniontown Freight & Old Passenger Terminals

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	How about::
Re: Ed's back! -- but gone again - faster than a speeding FAYWEST!!::>)

Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:

> Jim - I'll volunteer cherry from the photo I have as the color of the 700
> interior window supports.

	Thanks - this is definite help.

> On page 16 of CERA Trolley Sparks 89 - West Penn there is a photo credited to
> the late G. Krambles showing a neat neat freight terminal that would make a
> fantastic model.  On the front is painted "West Penn Freight Station" and it
> is described as being in Uniontown.  Where was it?     Was it on North Beeson
> Avenue?

	Don't have CERA-89 but was looking at the maps in CERA--West-Penn-110
and while a detailed street map of Uniontown is shown, a blow up of the
terminal area is not!  The only terminal shown on the Uniontown map are
the two passenger terminals.  Apparently freight service on WP began
with a daily trip by a single trucker from McKeesport to Scott Haven. 
And prior to WW-1, two daily round trips were operated from Uniontown to
Martin to Brownsville to Uniontown!
	The street maps for both Greensburg and Connellsville also have a
blow-up of the terminal area and each city has a separate freight
building.  This is a single track stub off Fairview Avenue behind the
main passenger terminal and loop in Connellsville.
	For Greensburg, the freight station was behind the passenger terminal
and loop and between two parallel stub tracks.
	Wonder if the photo caption is wrong for the Uniontown freight station.
	The PTM WP publication maps are much better than CERA and nothing
indicating a freight station is listed for Uniontown!

	Pg.06 in the Volkmer All color book on the Pgh Region shows the back of
the Connellsville Station with the stub track to the freight terminal in
plain view.  A rather tall brick(?) structure is partially visible and
might be the freight station?!
	Bottom of pg.14 and top of pg.15 show Greensburg and freight terminal.
	Bottom pg.31 shows Uniontown terminal and building in distance
(freight?)
	WOULD any of the above 3-buildings fit the description of the photo in
CERA-89?

	Interesting side note in all-color Volkmer book - bottom photo pg.31 &
top photo pg.37 - note how pavement is laid out to include the clearance
lines for the overhang of the equipment negotiating turns.  No necessity
to repaint!

> Second question -  When the new Uniontown terminal was built was all the
> street trackage on Main St. pulled up right away, or maybe better said was
> the trackage taken out of service, either by pulling down the wire, welding
> turnouts, etc.

	I know the closing of the old terminal is listed in one of the books
but darned if I can find it and the date!

> Fred Bruhn

James B. Holland

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