[PRCo] Re: Broadway__Dormont

[Boris Cefer]

Did you mean this?

http://trolley.dementia.org/raymond/dormontwye.jpg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 1:47 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Broadway__Dormont


> Hi Bill!
>
>
> Thought you had lived in Pgh at one time.       You are quite
> knowledgeable about the system  --  wish you had seen it at an earlier
> date  --  sure you feel the same.
>
> Can't find that map of the 42-wye in the early 1900s  --  John Swindler
> is quite adept at that as is Derrick  --  maybe they have the URL handy
> where that was found.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Bill Robb wrote:
>
> > Here's a couple of photos showing the concrete PRW:
>
> > 1. The yellow 1700 is outbound just past the Wenzell Ave bridge. This
> > photo was taken in September 1978.
> >
> > 2. 1721 outbound on the 42 PRW and signed 35 Shannon Library. I saw a
> > couple of 35-36-37 cars go out the 42 that day. A diversion by
> > Clearview Loop and Castle Shannon? This was a weekday so I doubt it
> > was a fantrip. This photo was taken in August 1979.
> >
> >
> > Bill Robb
> >
> > --- "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Bill!
> >>
> >>
> >> You are referring to the portion in the center of Broadway in Dormont
> >> from Potomac north (inbound) to *near* Wenzell overpass. I have often
> >> wondered the same.
> >
> >
> >> Bill Robb wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>
> >
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