[PRCo] Re: Fantrip with 1161, very early 1960s likely

[John F Bromley]

Thanks, Jim, ID'd by Swindler as  a shoofly at Mesta.  Date still popen,
slide dat is a Monday, odd day for a fantreip on a non-holiday, I thinkj it
mst be the 24th.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 4:37 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fantrip with 1161, very early 1960s likely


>
> Good Morning!!
>
> > From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at home.com>
>
> > shoo-fly on the LIBRARY line (either that or the car is just signed
LIBRARY
> > for the fun of it and its somewhere in the north hills??), bypassing a
short
> > wooden trestle.  Any ides of where?
>
> How do we classify  *short**??
>
> Do Not have specific information on this trestle (do have lengths,
> height, and grade for the 3-Charleroi trestles, have lengths for most
> other trestles on the line  --  but do  NOT  have specific information
> on this particular trestle.)
>
> Other trestles on Library:::::::
> Simmons Stop - 35-feet long.
> Library Stop - 20-feet long.
> Library Acres - 18-feet long.
> Boyer Stop - 15-feet long.
> Latimer Stop - 10-feet long.
> Brightwood Stop - 66-feet long.
> Mine #3 - 98-feet long (Wash Jct.)
> Elwyn (McNeilly) - 44-feet long.
> Oak - 373-feet long.
> Reflectorville - 306-feet long.
> McKinley Park - 445-feet long.
>
> I would  *guesstimate*  the South Park Trestle to be about 3-PCC-car
> lengths++ long, or about 110--150--feet in length.  Any definite
> statistics out there?!?!
>
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>
> James B. Holland
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