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[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:

> The outbound track to 44-48 Arlington from the back track was apparently
> removed in the early '50s.

	I have no problem with the fact that this switch was removed.  The time
frame is difficult to tell.  I would *assume* it to be after the
interurbans in Washington County were abandoned and the fleet was cut
back to PCC usage only and car barns were closed and cars were shifted
around.  Videos suggest this switch was retained thru this time frame 
--  about 1953--1954.

> The traffic lights was only one, the other thing is a control box of some
> sort.  Here you can see it in operation
> http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/sidebw.htm in the '20s, and in the
> summer of '72 http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/cd2.htm the light as
> gone but the box remains.  So how long did this light remain hanging on the
> pole and not used?  Was it used then the junction was controlled manually
> from the switch tower and not after the interlocking controls were
> incorporated in 1939?  Or were they used after that?  And when was it
> removed from the pole?  The range of these two pictures is from 1947 to
> 1972.

	PRCo was pretty good about removing things no longer in use.  What I
find *amusing* about the signal is that it is a traffic signal, not the
typical US&S type signal!

James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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