[PRCo] Re: WP___Photos

[trams at adelphia.net]

The north backwall abutment for the Cats Run viaduct is still plainly visible in the hillside at certain times of year (now) if one knows just where to look.  It can be easy to miss.  The Monongahela Railway branch underneath served a smaller coke plant or two in the valley south of Masontown.  PTM acquired the rail from the wye at the main line and about a quarter mile east back in the winter of '72.  I still feel the chill!

Ed
---- Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote: 

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In a message dated 1/21/2006 10:21:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
trams at adelphia.net writes:
The unidentified trestle is Cats Run Viaduct south of Masontown.  And the one 
labeled "Greensburg" bothers me, since that trip didn't go there!  I need to 
get home so I can view it on a proper monitor,
I think Ed is correct.  I believe it is at the Uniontown station and not 
Greensburg.  The Cats Run Viaduct was a high trestle.  It is hard to find the 
remains today, but I suppose with effort the piers can be found.  Old concrete 
doesn't bring much on the scrap market.  The location is just west/south of 
Masontown, where the line ran along side and on the edge of Harvey ST. through town 
and then crossed a state highway and on a dirt alley by some houses and then 
onto the viaduct.  From the far side to the end of the line at Martin the line 
ran high on a hill above many typical coal miners homes.  Quite a hike up the 
hill to reach the trolley.
The Hecla shot shows a large gob pile in the background.  That is all gone 
today.  The row from Hecla to Armbrust is almost intact today (as of 2003)  and 
can be followed easily.  Also, the piers at Leckrone are quite visible.  The 
center pier is in the middle of the town softball field.  I have seen a photo 
from Ed Lybarger showing many rail lines and spurs under that trestle in 
earlier times.  No evidence left today.  After the line crossed the highway at 90 
degrees in McClellandtown, it was only a couple of miles to Leckrone and that 
row can be seen today.  As the row leaves McClellandtown heading towards 
Brownsville Jct. it is very evident
including ballast.  

the other Fred