[PRCo] Re: Map of Washington Interurban (9-12)

[Fred Schneider]

And to add more to my own message, within the last several years much  
of the area along West McMurray Road from the creek to Morganza has  
filled in with new homes.   There was nothing but the Van Eman farm  
on the south side of the road when the interurban was running.  Today  
the right of way is the middle of a street through a housing  
development.   You simply have to know which street.   And once you  
project it across the creek, then you need to be able to project a  
straight line to Cheesman through the next housing development.    
(The right of way can be followed from Snodgrass to Cheesman stops,  
its from Snodgrass back to Van Eman that you need to project a  
straight line because nothing is visible.

And the long curve north from Cheesman is hard to follow.   Three  
Rivers Volkswagen filled in the right-of-way on the west side of  
Route 19 for a parking lot several years ago ... you can look south  
from Cheesman but the famous picture of Ed Lybarger waiting at the  
car stop for a 1600 on the last day looks TODAY AT A BIG PILE OF  
DIRT.   And on the other side of 19 the right-of-way is totally lost  
in the cemetery.   Maybe the late Robert H. Brown knew where it was  
because he is allegedly buried on the right-of-way in that marble  
orchard.

On Feb 11, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Fred Schneider wrote:

> Down near Paris Lake is still relatively open.     The area south of
> Cremona is developed and the right-of-way is in back yards.   But the
> pole line is easy to follow.   fws1940.
>
> On Feb 11, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Mark McGuire wrote:
>
>> And by the way, I've been on this list long enough to know that you
>> were talking about Cremona Siding, not Crookham. Am I right in saying
>> that the part of the line between Drake and County Line is
>> untraceable with many homes and subdivisions now?  I remember the
>> large house we were looking for during one of the tours.
>>   Does anyone know if there is any video available of the complete
>> run of either interurban line? I have the PTM video by Art Ellis and
>> Lou Redman but it jumps around alot. I would imagine someone doing a
>> video but alas, it may have been set aside and destroyed after the
>> death of a railfan.
>>
>> -- Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
>> If it helped, Mark, you're more than welcome.
>>
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