[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Double--Point__RR__Turnouts-__-1940--1950

[Boris Cefer]

There were also other places than Charles x Perrysville intersection.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:53 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Double--Point__RR__Turnouts-__-1940--1950


> 
> But if it didn't ride on the flange, it would bump across the gap in  
> the rail.    By riding on the flange, the ride is smooth.   There  
> were exceptions.   Route 21 FINEVIEW at Charles St. and Perrysville  
> Avenue - the tongue remained moveable for car house movements but the  
> flangeway through the frog was welded shut to make the ride smooth  
> (or perhaps they had been having problems with derailments and were  
> correcting it that way).   So any cars returning to the barn had to  
> crash up over the weld and back down.   (Amazing the weird things I  
> can remember ... but I have trouble remembering my anniversary.   
> Remembering some of these crazy things comes from not owning an  
> automobile until I was 21.   I did a whole lot of walking ... up to  
> 20 miles during many days ... you can observe a lot that way.)
> 
> fws