[PRCo] Re: Other surviving car houses

[Harold Geissenheimer]

About Pgh Rys car barns

I drove past the Ingam barn last week.  Both the barn and the
admin building are now a Catholic church nicely landscaped, ec.

The admin building at Castle Shannon is gone and there is a large
Ice Palace rink on the site and yard.

Harold Geissenheimer

John Swindler wrote:

> Would central Penna. be getting too far afield??  The Lancaster, Ephrata and
> Lebanon had two car barns.  Both still exist.  The one in Lebanon has the
> rails still exposed in the concrete floor.  Likewise Conestoga's
> Millersville carbarn still exists.
>
> In Harrisburg, Capital Area Transit uses the former Harrisburg Railways
> carbarn.  Still had some rails and pits about 15 years ago.  Likewise Valley
> Railways barn in Lemoyne still stands but rail covered over.  Old carbarns
> in Reading, Altoona, Johnstown and Allentown are used as current transit
> authority bus garages.  (but haven't checked recently. any updates?)
>
> Pittsburgh industrial archeology question:  How much is left of Rankin,
> Ingram and Keating car barns??  And Manchester??  (was it plowed under and
> new bus garage built, or was old car house reused??)  What about Taggert
> St.??  Herron Hill??
>
> John
>
> >From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Other survivng car houses
> >Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:44:54 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, robert netzlof wrote:
> >
> > > Since Indiana is probably getting pretty far afield
> > > for a 'Burgh-centric group, I'll refrain from
> > > mentioning the old car barn in DuBois.
> >
> >DuBois is in western PA last I checked, so have at it
> >
> >-D
> >
> >
> >
>
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