[PRCo] Re: Station square

[Bill Robb]

Greetings Harold.  

Yes, I know the PRW was for trolleys only, not sutos.
I got to Pittsburgh in August 1977, September 1978,
August 1979, and October 1981 and took lots of photos.
It was a very interesting time and I've been
fascinated with Pittsburgh trolleys ever since. I'll
send a couple photos in a few minutes. 

Bill Robb


--- "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Greetings   This was a private r/w.   Not for autos.
>  Harold
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Date: Saturday, January 01, 2005 2:26 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Station square
> 
> 
> >Any idea why PRC paved the 42 Dormont PRW to just
> over
> >the top of the ties, but not flush with the top of
> the
> >rail?  Concrete is an expensive method of paving.
> >
> >Bill Robb
> >
> >
> >--- "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Happy New Year to Derrick and all
> >> 
> >> I only know about putting asphalt on top of
> >> abandoned
> >> tracks.  Didthey ever put concrete over it?  Penn
> >> Ave
> >> downtown and the others I mentioned had removed
> the
> >> abandoned rails.
> >> 
> >> PRC used concrete on PRW on 42 Dormont with the
> >> rail sticking up a little.  I liked that.
> >> 
> >> Harold Geissenheimer
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >> Date: Friday, December 31, 2004 10:37 PM
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Station square
> >> 
> >> 
> >> >On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Harold G. wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Greetings to all/
> >> >>
> >> >> Two points.   City of Pgh DPW in the 1960's
> >> >> was sold on concrete paved streets.  See Penn
> >> >> ave downtown, 7trh street, streets around A
> Ctr
> >> and
> >> >> E Lib mall, etc.  I liked them.  made every
> thing
> >> >> look clean.  Thats why 2dAve was in coincrete.
> >> >
> >> >Billboards along the PA Turnpike be damned, if
> you
> >> want it to last, you
> >> >pour concrete, on a proper subbase. (well, if
> you
> >> want it to *really*
> >> >last, you use properly fired bricks, and lay
> them
> >> properly, but Grant St
> >> >shows firing is hard, and laying bricks is a
> lost
> >> art; Besides, things
> >> >aren't as smooth, and people don't like that)
> >> >
> >> >The asphalt over concrete that's been happening
> a
> >> lot lately is probably
> >> >an ok compromise; Do sleazy deep-patching, then
> >> just roll asphalt over it.
> >> >Asphalt's rutting, binder is gone? Scrape it off
> >> the concrete, recycle it,
> >> >and put it down again.
> >> >
> >> >Of course, the usual paving "machine" (typically
> >> just a movable jig on a
> >> >track put down to make it easy to continuously
> >> pour) would leave cleaning
> >> >to be done if you actually ran it over girder
> rail;
> >> I'm actually somewhat
> >> >curious how they lay concrete over rail. In the
> old
> >> days the answer was
> >> >almost certainly "by hand".
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >
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