[PRCo] Re: Broadway, Dormont

[James B. Holland]

Not Somewhere Else!!       PCC__Trilogy.

The Pittsburgh section is the longest  --  starts with an 1200 coming 
into SHJ IB on the 39-Brookline  --  old freight motor sitting on 
40-line spur.       Next scene is on 42-Dormont OB at Broadway // Coast 
// Realty to Belasco  --  island and flashing yellow light on end of 
island clearly visible  --  then inbound car then outbound car at Belasco.

Jim


Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Had to be somewhere else...I've never seen that video.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of James
> B. Holland
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:56 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Broadway, Dormont
>
>
> That video made in Canada of PCCs across North America (from 16mm 
> color film) shows some New Looking 1200s on Broadway -- and 12s 
> arrived in 1940.
>
>
> Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
>
>> Broadway Avenue was double-tracked in 1940. Somewhere I once saw a 
>> photo, but am not certain where at this writing.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of James
>> B. Holland
>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 5:53 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Station square
>>
>>
>> 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. A little historical perspective here.
>
>>
>> The Charleroi interurban inbound from Castle Shannon travelled the 
>> 38A to Mt.Lebanon, then the 42 Dormont inbound to downtown ---- 
>> Washington interurban not yet operating -- and all this up until 
>> about 1907-1908 or there abouts! Apparently the Whole of the 
>> 42-Dormont was prw with center of the highway prw through Beechview. 
>> Much of this was single track with sidings; in fact, the Dormont wye 
>> area was one long siding from the wye inbound almost to Biltmore Ave, 
>> the first grade crossing.
>>
>> We haven't had much luck tracing out the actual date for double 
>> tracking of the line, but Geodetic maps we found on the internet 
>> apparently indicate that the double track prw was still intact on 
>> Broadway in Beechview until approx the 1930s.
>