[PRCo] Re: WP___Terminals__-&-_-Trestles

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I don't believe the 600s were running regularly to Uniontown when that
terminal was built.  They were assigned to Latrobe (03-04-05-06) and
Connellsville (01-02) in 1931.  Car 600 had burned up in an accident near
Ruffsdale in the teens.  The 600s were five feet shorter, so they likely had
less overhang.

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Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP___Terminals__-&-_-Trestles


Did the 700s or 600-606 have the greatest overhang when the terminal
was built?

On Oct 30, 2005, at 12:36 PM, James B. Holland wrote:

> Good Morning!
>
>
> Photo in Volkmer's All-Color Pgh. Region book shows the terminal at
> Uniontown, pg.31.       What is interesting are the clearance
> lines  --
> they are built into the paving and thus avoid the need to be
> repainted!       This particular clearance line is for the overhang of
> the center between the trucks and of course, it has to be made for the
> largest car, the 700s.       There is a  *-bulge-*  (to allow for end
> overhang)  in this line as a track connects from the other direction
> --  and is the only track in service when this photo was taken in
> 1952!!
>
> The effectiveness of these overhang markings are really evident in the
> photo on pg.37 showing 739 on the double track curve at the Uniontown
> station loop.
>
>
> Speaking of overhang  --  look at the photo of 719 on pg.32 as she
> turns
> from Stewart onto Fayette in Uniontown!!
>
>
> Many of the WP steel trestles look quite fragile with a single bent
> supporting the span about every 30-feet.       Light, modest, yet
> effective and efficient construction!       Pgs.23;  26;  27    (pg.
> 118
> in LeRoy O.King PA Trolleys In Color.)
>
>
>
>
> Jim__Holland
>
>
> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
>
> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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>