[PRCo] Re: WP___Photos

[John Swindler]

Likewise.  It was a frigid, but look back with fondness at the experience.  
Was any of that rail from Cats Run wye ever used???

John


>From: trams at adelphia.net
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>CC: Fredbruhn at aol.com
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP___Photos
>Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:40:18 -0500
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>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
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