[PRCo] Re: Ardmore Wye???????
Jim Holland
pghpcc at pacbell.net
Mon Jun 11 22:46:36 EDT 2001
> Jim Holland wrote:
> The March--04--1945 ERA PRCo map shows a wye at the end of the
> Ardmore line on the old line that ran through to McKeesport!!
> The 1949 ERA map states that they wye was out, loop new in May--1949!!
> The wye was on Station street. The car would back off Station into the
> leg of the wye and then turn to head back inbound!!
And the PRMA map shows a better alignment of this section and would
make it *seem* that the wye was in the same location as where the turn
to the loop. IF this was the case, then the cars backed down a rather
steep grade!!
--
James B. Holland
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