[PRCo] Re: Latrobe

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, robert netzlof wrote:

> But wait. The WP would have avoided crossing, at Ligonier St, and
> re-crossing, at Jefferson St, the PRR main line.
> 
> Well, no. The stone tablets in the overpasses say "1901", so by the
> time there were street cars in Latrobe, there would not have been
> grade crossings on Ligonier and Jefferson. Or am I a few years late
> on the coming of street cars?

I think the WC date was 1902, and the West Penn extension to Latrobe was
rather late, *but* West Penn bought an existing company in Latrobe whose
line started there in 1900 and by 1904 ran to Baggaley.

> What I'm supposing is: WC comes in form the east on Thompson, WP
> comes north on Ligonier. At the corner of Thompson and Ligonier, WP
> swings left, WC goes straight, they both switch onto a track westward
> on Thompson to Jefferson, turn left onto Jefferson, 3 blocks south on
> Jefferson to s switch at Main and Jefferson, where WP goes striaght
> for 2 1/2 more blocks on Jefferson to car house, WC turns left onto
> Main, 2 blocks east truns left onto Alexander, 3 blocks north to
> Thompson, turn right, switch onto WC track from Derry.

Draw us a map? ;-)

> Everything following "...does not jibe with the ordinance..." is
> speculation, and the paragraph preceding that may well be someone
> else's speculation, but it's the only way I can fit everything into
> one picture. I admit that I could check some of those dates myself,
> but the necessary references disappeared into the Dreaded Basement a
> couple years ago. (I may live long enough to find them if I start
> right now).