[PRCo] Re: A new photo i need help with.

[Donald Galt]

On 27 Jun 2002 at 20:00, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> 
> Hilton is wrong.  The last train on the P&CS was run April 30 or May 1,
> 1912.  PRCo rebuilt the line to double track in 1913.
> 

Well, I was proved four years late in the opening of the tubes, and now three years early in the closing of the P&CS. The way I see it, 
that puts me almost back to par.

> I threw narrow gauge into the equation, I guess, by saying I doubted if
> those tracks leading to the railroad's tunnel were broad gauge.  That whole
> loop was railroad track, and it would take some digging to find any
> widening.  PRCo may or may not have needed it.  

Agreed, it's not easy to see the purpose of widening that short stretch at the top of the cutting/embankment. On the other hand, it's not 
easy to see why they would have removed most of the line leading to the tunnel and left this short spur.

Other P&CS trackage in the area was made use of. And the map clearly shows the horseshoe itself tied in with newer PRCo trackage at two 
locations.

You don't suppose the spur might have been used as a siding during construction of the ventilating plant? It's 40 feet below the building, 
but perhaps that could have been better than no rail facility at all.

It would be wonderful to see pictures of narrow -gauge operations here. I can only recall having seen the one looking south from above the 
SH tunnel portal.

Don