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

[John Swindler]

I didn't think land came with ballast?
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of railway> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:18:51 -0400> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > You mean we actually paid for ballast to save them from picking up > the trash?> > On Oct 4, 2007, at 8:52 AM, John Swindler wrote:> > >> > 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/> >> > _________________________________________________________________> > Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You!> > http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us> >> > 
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