[PRCo] Re: Santa Barbara Siding

[Bob Rathke]

Two errors are not bad for a document of the scope and complexity of the
1959 map.  Recently I commented that when a question is raised about a
detail on that map, the map usually wins.

Bob 11/18/02

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----- Original Message -----
From: Edward H. Lybarger <twg at pulsenet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Santa Barbara Siding


>
> One of the very few errors on the 1959 PERC map was the placement of Santa
> Barbara Siding...yes, it's on the wrong side.  Troy Hill Car House was
also
> omitted.  I think there is a third error but can't think of it now.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Macmarka at cs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:14 PM
> To: Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Santa Barbara Siding
>
>
>
>   I'm looking at a photo of PAT 1703 at Santa Barbara Siding that Bob
Rathke
> sent me. The car is on the straight portion of the siding headed towards
the
> photographer. The passing siding is on the right. Towards the
end/beginning
> of the siding is a path leading from the track then running parallel to
the
> line just to the right of the signal.   Here's where the confusion lies.
> The
> PRMA map of 1959(my Bible when it comes to PRCo trackage) shows the siding
> on
> the left heading inbound. I just reviewed the TGM video and it shows the
> siding on the right heading inbound. Either the PRMA map or the narrative
in
> the video is incorrect. I double checked the PRMA map and it correctly
shows
> the Brookside Siding to the right heading inbound. I know you can't see
the
> photo(Bob can), but if you look at the PRMA map then the TGM video(the
> inbound trip on the Drake line), they dispute each other. This is driving
me
> nuts, as I like to correctly label my photos. Can someone please resove
this
> for me? Bottom line:  Was the Santa Barbara passing siding on the right or
> left heading inbound? Thanks!
>                                         Mark McGuire
>
>
>