[PRCo] Re: Route 32

[Bob Rathke]

I always assumed that those track remnants in the Station Square parking lot were
from the P&LE facility.  There was a railroad yard in that area into at least the
early 1970's, and I would often stop by to photograph passenger cars that were
stored or just parked there   It was rather accessible (you didn't get chased out),
and you could often find heavyweight cars from many railroads there.  See
<http://gelwood.railfan.net/other/sal/sal-pop-sprg-r.jpg> for a photo that I took
there on 9/26/65.

Earlier photos of the P&LE station, especially when the great trainshed was still in
use, show even more railroad activity in this yard area.

Bob 5/22/01

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mrb190 wrote:

> http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/kjpgh311.htm
>
> Check out this picture of the P&LE trolley climbing Carson Street to the
> intersection with the Point Bridge.   Note the bend in Carson Street at about
> the area where the old Wabash Bridge crosses over.   Is that bend still there?
> I ask because, back in the 1980's I noted streetcar tracks in cobblestone, in
> the Station Square/Gateway Clipper fleet parking lot and I gathered that Carson
> swerved at one time toward the Mon River, and then swerved back again to come up
> towards the Point Bridge.  Or, were the old tracks I noticed used for something
> else - like unloading and loading of new cars?  I think I saw an old 1910's
> photo of a new car being unloaded in that area.
>
> Matt