[PRCo] Ron Beal's Vol. 1

Matt Barry mrb190+ at pitt.edu
Fri Sep 19 14:41:53 EDT 2003


Hello all,
To those of you who have seen Ron Beal's Volume I of  Pittsburgh 
Railways, I am confused about the drawing of the West End Circle track 
layout.   Please forgive me as I don't have the book in front of me at 
the moment, but I clearly recall that the drawing shows outbound tracks 
coming up the ramp from Carson and BOTH inbound and outbound tracks 
turning left to reach South Main Street.   Meanwhile, an outbound track 
continues on as we last remembered around the circle, onto Steuben 
Street and around the back to South Main Street.

Does anyone know if this was ever a configuration around the Circle?

Also, regarding the Butler Street Car House, there is much written and a 
photograph of it, but not anything regarding the Plummer Street Car 
House, which I believe was far larger and just a block away.   Did I 
miss something?

Matt



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