[PRCo] Re: Pgh Rlys Engineering Maps

[Fred Schneider]

Perhaps, Herb,

it would be nice if you put a high-resolution scan on line for all  
the guys.

fws

On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Gentlemen
> I for one and I am sure there are others who would be excited and  
> happy to pay for copies of these
> maps.
>
> Jerry M
>>
>> From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
>> Date: 2007/04/06 Fri AM 03:21:58 EST
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Pgh Rlys Engineering Maps
>>
>> I have two old maps which are from the Pgh Rlys Company files.  
>> They are track maps of both interurban lines from Boggs to the end  
>> of each line. The maps are a wealth of information. They show all  
>> trackwork, all switches, all sidings, length, in feet, between  
>> switches/sidings, all bridges and the type of bridge, all blind  
>> curves and their direction (outbound), all steep grades, up or  
>> down (outbound), capacity of each siding/loop and the schedule  
>> times (in minutes past the hour) at each siding/loop and the name  
>> of each stop.
>>
>>   They are beginning to become briddle and need something done to  
>> preserve them before they start crumbling into dust. Can the  
>> museum use them for the 'collection'? What can be done to slow  
>> down the aging process?
>>
>>   Maybe Ed has some ideas.
>>
>>
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>>
>> Herb Brannon
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