[PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of railway

[Edward H. Lybarger]

That's what I thought I said in the beginning!  But John said it more
clearly!

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 8:52 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of railway



Could it be that the land is leased from the county, but the rails, ties,
line poles, ballast, etc cost $1,600??

John


> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 02:49:19 -0700> From: PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> To:
pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of
railway> > If the property was purchased from PRCo, Why the Lease with Wash
County?> > > > Edward H. Lybarger wrote:> > The property was leased from
Washington County for a dollar a year, a > > rate which we still pay,
incidentally. But the railway itself was > > purchased from Pittsburgh
Railways Company for something like $1600. > > There's a copy of the bill of
sale in the Archives.> >> > Ed> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From:
pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> >
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark> >
McGuire> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:06 AM> > To:
pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section
of railway> >> > Wasn't it $1 for the property?> >> > -- Jim Holland
<PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote:> > """In 1953, the group formally organized as !
 a nonprofit corporation. > > They purchased a 2,000-foot section of railway
line of the Pittsburgh > > Railways Company's recently abandoned Washington
interurban trolley > > line near the Washington County Home in Chartiers
Township. On > > February 7, 1954, the museum's first three cars were moved
to the site."""> > .> > How much did this cost?> > .> > .> > .> >
^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^> > Jim Holland> > .> > Studying Pittsburgh Railways
Company> > .> > ....................From 1930 -- 1950> > .> > Pennsylvania
Trolley Museum (PTM)> > .> > http://www.pa-trolley.org/> > .> > N.M.R.A.> >
.> > http://www.nmra.org/> >
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