[PRCo] Re: Ferry // Stanwix

[James B. Holland]

Also  --  did you note that the turning 12xx appears to be on collision 
course with an auto?


Jim


James B. Holland wrote:

> Glad this clarified some of the former PRCo trackage for you. The 
> photo is from the UOP site -- don't know specific URL.
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> Interesting trackage on Diamond in 1917 -- single track to Forbes. An 
> inbound car on Forbes must have used the single track to reverse ends 
> and go back as the turnouts at Grant only allow Grant cars to turn 
> onto Diamond -- if a Diamond car turned onto Grant it would be 
> traveling the wrong direction!! There appears to be an X-Over on 6th 
> btwn 5th and Forbes so conceivably an inbound car on Forbes could 
> continue to Diamond, turn right onto the wrong track at Grant, then 
> onto the wrong track on Fifth, then the same on 6th and take the 
> X-Over to be back on the right track outbound. But in those days there 
> would be a formidable amount of opposing trolleycar traffic for that 
> to be negotiated successfully.
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> Grant street needs realignment near Liberty, tracks need to be added 
> to 12th and 11th, 4th needs to be connect to Diamond and 2nd and a 
> whole host of other changes!
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> Jim
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> Mark McGuire wrote:
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>> Awesome photo Jim! In looking at the PERC map of 1959, I have a 
>> question to ask. Offset on the map are two views of downtown street 
>> trackage, one from 1917 and the other from 1959. Diamond St. ends at 
>> Grant in the 1917 map. What year was Diamond St. trackage connected 
>> to Stanwix/Ferry?
>> The shot Jim sent us can be a very confusing shot to someone like 
>> myself who isn't too familiar with downtown PRCo trackage in the 
>> "trolley years". Thanks for the clarification and the photo Jim!
>>
>> Mark
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