[PRCo] Re: West End

[John F Bromley]

RECHED SPEL CHEK.  That's why maps are PUBLISHED.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 7:34 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West End


>
> I'm looking at the track map (second edition) published by ERA, noted as
> corrected to June 1949, and it shows the Carson-Smithfield-Sycamore St
> intersection as having double track curves on all four corners, straight
> tracks from Sycamore a the Tunnel entrance into Smithfield but no
east-west
> through tracks on Carson.  This was drawn by an R Saxon based on data
> provided by W A James, J G Kneiling and Charlie Dengler.  The crossover on
> Smithfield north of the shed at the P&:E is also shown (and it's in one of
> those Vigrass negs currently at Fred's.  If the map is accurate what's all
> this talk of using the crossover?  Also solves the Sewickley route egress
> and ingress to Tunnel CH.  Look it up, people.  That's why maps are
> polished.
>
> The PERC map of 1859-1959 track, corrected to June 1959, is inconclusive,
> since the 32 was by then abandoned for some time and the West End just
gone.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred W. Schneider III" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:18 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: West End
>
>
> >
> > I'm loathe to jump into something about which I know nothing but here
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