[PRCo] Re: You Never Know What's Out There

[Matt Barry]

Ed,

Is there re-paving being done and that is why the tracks are exposed, or 
have they been in tact and revealed and visible all this time, say in 
cobblestone or brick paving?

Matt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:09 PM
Subject: [PRCo] You Never Know What's Out There


> This morning I traveled to McDonald, Pennsylvania to photograph the rails 
> in
> Lincoln Avenue.  The entire track of the Oakdale-McDonald Street Railway
> appears to be intact in the Boro of McDonald, except for the switch points
> at the passing siding in the middle of town.  This line was built in 1907
> and abandoned twenty years later.  There is no evidence of rotting ties
> under the track.  Simply amazing if the originals are still in place.
> Chris Walker, one of our best young docents and operators at PTM, lives
> there and brought it to my attention yesterday.
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> Ed
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