[PRCo] Re: rails still in Penn Av

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 22 May 2002, Matt Barry wrote:

> I think the rail is in up to East Liberty where the former mall begins, 
> then after that inbound to town -- I KNOW it is still under the asphalt. 
>     I lived in Lawrenceville most of my life and recall that Penn was 
> only paved over, no rail removal at all.

I had this vague memory of Penn Avenue work in Point Breeze when I was
younger and rail removal, but with this I have to go with the memory of
rail removal being in Fifth Avenue when I went to Shadyside with my mother
and aunt maybe in 1981 or so? And the work on Penn being a previous
opportunity to see rails.

> ALSO -- in Munhall, the single track with sidings pop up now and again 
> at various places along Main Street from Homestead hospital on West 
> Street all the way up Main to the Mifflin Road Interboro Ave junction.   
>  Right now, there is visible track near the curb at "Cemetery siding" on 
> Main Street, at (duh) the Cemetery.

Is this in your pictures? If you remind me I can archive them permanently
if you'd like, but not for a day or so. Of course, in your case I know you
have access to AFS, so I can give you a password and you can write
directly into the space from a Pitt timeshare machine.

-D