[PRCo] Re: Concord (without the E!)

[Donald Galt]

On 25 May 2004 at 13:19, James B. Holland wrote:

>              Was just looking at the PRMA and ERA maps  --  hadn't 
> checked the topo or I would have been aware of the exact routing  --  
> and do not have this particular topo  --  at least not where I can put 
> my fingers on it.
> 

Oh, sorry. But now you have looked at it, right, so I still don't have to send 
you a scan.

Sheet 24. I suppose you never got it.

>                 Now, how was it used?     The connection is via outbound 
> North.     But the turn from Concord onto Madison overshoots the track 
> on Madison giving the appearance that an Inbound car from Concord could 
> wait for an outbound Madison bound car to pass  --  OR  the wide over 
> swing was necessary for clearance on the narrow streets.
> 

A fascinating question, that I have wondered about since first noting the 
intriguing trackwork years ago. Probably the latter solution is the better - 
there may not be sufficient clearance for two cars to pass. Plus, unless there 
is a crossover obscured by the word "North" there is no connection with the 
westbound North Avenue tracks. Plus, two blocks is a long way for a car to 
travel against all the traffic bound for East Street.

Of course it's not a PRCo map, so the presence of rails isn't a promise that 
they were in use in 1928.

Don