[PRCo] Re: What's Up with Drake?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The Drake line is not being dismantled.  The siding at Brookside is being
replaced with a piece of straight-through track, and the loop has been
removed.  Neither facility had any future use, either in test-track mode or
for rebuilding.  PTM has indeed received (or will receive) pieces of rail
that will be useful.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Kenneth Josephson
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:57 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] What's Up with Drake?



I just received some photos (from Mark) of the Drake line. I thought it was
going to remain as a training line until it was rebuilt  sometime in the
future. Why are they dismantling it? Is PTM going to get any of the rail and
hardware?

I see they mounted a crossarm just off the ground with two nice PRwyCo
"chocolates" (reddish-brown asbestos feeder cable insulators.) Is Scott
Davis
testing my integrity? ;-) Or is this part of the wire removal technique?

Ken J.