[PRCo] Re: PRC 100

[Matt Barry]

There is rail left on Rt. 55 where tracks left paving in Braddock, 
heading onto prw which lead into East Pgh.
And there is rail in red brick paving in Millvale which was part of the 
East Ohio Street at one time, but now is a parking lot in front of a few 
small businesses at the intersection of Grant Street and East Ohio.

And there is a rail popping up on 47th Street at Butler Street in 
Lawrenceville.  Presumably this was rail used to run cars down to 
Plummer Street car house, or was part of a track that turned into the 
loop at 47th and Butler where a funeral home now is.

And there is rail left turning into the old loop on 8th Avenue in 
Homestead formerly used to turn back Rt 65 Munhall and Rt 60 East 
Liberty-Homestead cars.

And there is rail in Belgian Block paving running in front of the Old 
Post Office Museum (I think it is now called the Children's Museum)on an 
old stretch of East Ohio that is now part of the failed Allegheny Center 
Mall.

There is also single track rail running on what I think is Madison 
Street on the North Side running up from Chesnut Street.  Not sure what 
route used that!

Rail is exposed now and again on Main Street in Munhall.

And rail was exposed this past Saturday on Butler Street near 
Morningside.  The asphalt was scraped all the way from the 62nd Street 
Bridge to Baker Street.  I had forgotten the 96 East Liberty rail was 
first in belgian block for a bit, then on red brick the rest of the way 
to Baker Street.   The exposure showed how well the red brick held up. 
 The tracks were a bit rusty, though.

For a number of years in the 1990's, the rail on Emerson Street  which 
was part of the 94 Aspinwall loop was totally exposed as was the yellow 
brick paving.  I assumed it was some community project that brought the 
rail and yellow brick back to add some historic charm to the community. 
 A few years ago, the brick and rail were unceremoniously paved over 
again with deep black  asphalt.

Matt


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