[PRCo] Re: Route 5 Derail

[John Swindler]

I see tracks on Green and Perry, but not Concord.  This will hopefully be 
link to northside plat map from 1920s.

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/maps/showmap.pl?client=maps&image=25v0412a

What does PERC map show?

John


>From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Route 5 Derail
>Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 17:38:24 -0700
>
>Do you know if this track on Concord ran all the way thru to North
>Avenue?     Don't know the topography there and if it would thus be
>feasible  --  map  *seems*  to indicate that the track stopped short of
>North Avenue.
>
>Jim
>
>
>Bob Rathke wrote:
>
> >The route 5 derail was on the west rail in Itin St., about 150 ft. north 
>of
> >Concord St.  In trolley days - which ended in October, 1957 - the Concord
> >St. rail was still exposed in the pavement just a few feet from the route 
>5
> >rail.
> >
> >Bob 5/24/04
> >
> >-----------------------------
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
> >To: "- 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 1:56 AM
> >Subject: [PRCo] Derails
> >
> >
> >>The 21--FINEVIEW had 5-Derails, ALL trailing::
> >>
> >>3--Derails on Henderson,
> >>1--Derail on Carrie,
> >>1--Derail on Lanark.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>The 5--SPRING__HILL had 1-Derail on Itin,
> >>both Leading and Trailing as it was on
> >>Single Track. Interesting to note that
> >>a branch along Concord toward / to
> >>North Avenue existed at one time and
> >>apparently connected in vicinity of Derail
> >>on Itin!
> >>
> >>
> >>AND a careful study of the mup indicates
> >>that the 5-line once ran along Progress and
> >>Lacock between 16th and 9th north of the
> >>River on the Near North Side.
> >>
> >>
>
>

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