[PRCo] Munhall this Morning

[Matt Barry]

This morning, on the way to work, motorists took turns sharing one lane, 
south-bound and north-bound, as street workers had dug up what seemed to 
be at least 100 sq feet sections of asphalt in several places on West 
Street in Munhall, near the Municipal building.  Exposed were the 
single-track rails of the former route 65 Miunhall-Lincoln Place route, 
seeming perfectly preserved along with the red brick paving surrounding 
it.  I'm not sure how far down the workers were going to excavate, but 
the work stopped short this a.m. right before the trackage would have 
split into double-track at the old Homestead Hospital.

I often think that a carline through Munhall from the old Muldowney Loop 
to the new Waterfront shopping center would be a great addition to our 
neighborhood.  I'm dreaming, I know.   But, even if it were something 
possible and {ahem} acceptable by a large percentage of the residents 
from Lincoln Place thru Munhall, to Homestead, I know that the old 
single track with passing sidings would probably be a nuisance, perhaps 
even a nightmare.   And personally, I'd find the overhead construction, 
as it exists in Allentown, unattractive.   Single wire as it existed 
through 1965 in Munhall is much more aesthetically pleasing, at least to me.

But, it's only a dream.