Second Avenue/Tenth/Carson *also 11th street in town

[brathke at juno.com]

And as I mentioned last year, I believe that nearly all - if not all - of
the 5-Spring Hill trackage and turnouts still exist under the asphalt all
the way from Spring Garden Avenue up to the loop at the end of the line
on Rhine St..  Route 5 trolleys were abandoned in October, 1957.  The
line ran on Itin and  Rhine Streets, and both of these streets (and the
rail in them) were simply topcoated with asphalt in May, 1959.  And
that's the way it is today.

Dallas abandoned trolleys in the 1950's.  In the late 80's, they removed
the asphalt from McKinney Avenue, and now they've got trolleys running
there again.  And soon they'll have a couple of Toronto PCC's in service.

To add to the discussion about relocating abandoned bridges in
Pittsburgh: the McKinney Avenue trolley folks acquired a railroad bridge
and plan to reconstruct it into a turntable for turning the PCC's when
they extend their trolley line to the DART LRV station.

And I believe that within the past two years IRM acquired a bridge in
Chicago for relocation to their museum in Union, IL.

Bob 9/29

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:38:31 -0400 (EDT) SaturnV at webtv.net (Bob Schmidt)
writes:
> Right, Don. Tom Hannon, (operator of PAT' s M283 crane car in the 
> 80's),
> lived on Beltzhoover at about the point where Bailey became 
> Beltzhoover.
> I remember discussing those paving marks and recall him mentioning 
> he
> had no recollection of any trolley operation requiring rails in that
> section of Beltzhoover Avenue. The closest "in service" streetcar 
> line
> was located at the bottom of that hill at the Warrington Ave./
> Beltzhoover intersection where the 44, 48, and 49 routes operated.  
> 
> Exposed PRC rails can be seen on a short section of old East Ohio 
> Street
> in Millvale in front of West Penn Laco Co. There's also a more 
> generous
> stretch of trackage laid in red brick paving stone on Chestnut 
> Street,
> Northside, that runs from one block North of East Ohio Street to 
> Spring
> Garden Avenue.
> 
> Bob S.
>     
> 

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