[PRCo] Re: WP___Photos

[trams at adelphia.net]

Yes.  I'm not sure of where all it was used, but I know some was replaced a couple years back due to excessive wear.  Actually, it was excessively worn when we got it, but our standards have improved through the years.  When you have no rail and need it, you are more apt to take what is available than to be picky.

It makes good carbarn rail, though.

Ed
---- John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote: 

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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
>
>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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