[PRCo] Re: TRACING TROLLEY R_O_W

[rogertrolley.1 at juno.com]

I drove the line from Greensburg to Connellsville and passed Hecla Jct but beyond there(Hecla Jct) got turned around by the PA Turnpike crossing and sidetracked by hunting for the crossing of the pike. That Hecla Jct school sure looks bad with many windows broken !! It does seem to be abandoned.Somebody on this list said to take pix of it before it diappears and they were right. Too Bad. Trip over to Latrobe was somewhat fruitful seeing R-O-W and bridge abutments but the maps dont tell you what street the cars ran on into town to the carhouse !! At least I could not find it as light was fading by this time and went back to the motel in Stanton, intending to try the next day, but instead went to Connellsville directly to snoop around that area. McClelland was interesting but the old high school is gone and seems like a new one was being put up.R-O-W down to there from Brownsville Jct was easy to see with high tension poles all the way. Coming in from the south from Martin I missed the Masontown street the line ran on by mistake but intend to return that way. Came by way of Clarksburg and saw the magnificent terminal bldg thats there. Several years ago Henry Elsner built an O scale model of that place, which I saw at the East Penn meet in Phila. It was well done. Monongahela-West Penn is another gold mine for R-O-W people like me. SOME DAY      cheers rogertrolley