[PRCo] Re: Bethel Church Shoo--Fly and Other Shoo--Flys!!

[John Swindler]

The subject line identifies this location as the Bethel Church Shoo-fly, and 
elsewhere the stop south of Mesta was identified as Bethel Church.

So where was the church????



ans:  This isn't Bethel Church stop.  That stop (and the church) is on the 
Drake/Washington line.  It's the Bethel Presbyterian Church which is/was 
adjacent to the Bethel Station of the Pittsburgh Southern Railroad, (if one 
wishes to go back to the 1880s and a circa 1900 Plat map) near what is now 
Fort Couch Road.  (Church still exists, doesn't it?????)

As for the Library line, let's try Bethel Road, and more recently South Park 
Road for the location of the shoo-fly.

And speaking of the shoo-fly and bridge removal, had not stumbled across a 
PRC application to Public Utility Commission to remove this bridge.  That's 
because not a Pitts. Ry. initiated action.

So why was the bridge removed???  Specifically, who initiated the action???  
As Jim notes, it was ordered removed by PUC, but did county, township or PUC 
initiate the action?

John




>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bethel  Church  Shoo--Fly  and  Other  Shoo--Flys!!
>Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 13:31:46 -0700
>
>
>Good Morning!!
>
> > Jim Holland wrote:
>
> > FOUND:::::::    The URL for this bridge  --
> > photographer standing on it looking south down the prw:::::::!!!!!!!
>
>http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/wvp234.htm
>
>	The May--1960  *ERA--Headlights*  (pg.12) says this:::::::
>
>		"An 1,100' temporary shoo-fly single track was put
>		into operation on April--22 on Rt. 35--Library near
>		Mesta Stop to permit removal of trestle over South
>		Park Road and installation of a grade crossing in its
>		place, as ordered by the Penna. PUC."
>
>	THAT  is a little over 1/5th--mile!!  Grading was necessary on either
>side of the trestle so maybe this shoo-fly length is not out of line!
>
>	Twould be nice to see more pictures of this.
>
>	ALSO  --  anyone have photos of the shoo-flys (if they might be called
>that) at Smithfield and Water during the time the B&O was removed from
>that location and a new ramp installed??
>
> >         Doesn't appear to be as long as I guessed (110--150--feet) but 
>the
> > photo does appear to be telephoto which shortens apparent lengths!!
>

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