[PRCo] Re: Smithfield // Water

[Jim Holland]

> > Mark wrote:
> .
> > Perhaps the crossing at Water and Smithfield was
> > used for East End cars dropping passengers at the
> > B&O Station located there. From there, a turn onto
> > Grant ala the interurbans and then onto 2nd, 6th, etc.
> > Would be interesting to see if there are indeed
> > turnoffs from Grant to these streets to confirm my hypothesis.

> Jim Holland wrote:
> .
> Even More - an X-Over is needed to get onto the right track - a car 
> heading east on Water crossing Smithfield would be head to head with 
> outbound cars from Grant.     The other maps I viewed do not show an 
> X-Over on Water nor on Grant.
.
.
Just found a photo from the B&O Historical Society which Clearly Shows 
Double Track on Water between Grant and Wood  (believe Bob Rathke and I 
had a discussion about this in the past.)     I would geese that the 
single track from Wood connecting to the OB track on Water coming from 
Grant would be a mistake in that drawing  --  it was probably meant to 
connect to the inbound track on Water going to Grant.     These drawings 
do have minor errors in them on occasion.     So Your Guess of East End 
lines making a loop to the B&O is Highly Possible  --  just donut know 
How Probable~!~!~!
.
.
.
-- 
*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/