[PRCo] Re: Aerial photo of PTM

[Fred Schneider]

Yes, it is a wye but it is not yet officially in use because there  
are no guard rails on the curves.  Cars have been inched over it.

During Fair Week, Phillip, yes, parking has been allowed in the  
Thepitt parking lot and we do haul fair goers to the fair.   This, I  
believe, has been one of the justifications for some of the federal  
ICTEE money for the museum because it provides a transit service at  
least one week out of the year.

There are only two loops, one at the far northern end of the line  
(which we have dubbed the East Site, and which goes by the name of  
the farm and PRC car stop that was there years ago McClain Stop and  
now McClain Loop) and one at the far west end at Arden Mines.   A  
single-end car could conceivably be turned on a wye at the new  
carbarn but it would be a lot more bother than taking it several  
blocks north to McClain Loop.

On Jan 26, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:50:06 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Aerial photo of PTM
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> <<--Here is another image that ...   Shows the Pennsylvania Trolley  
> Museum.-->>
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> <<__North Main Street goes across the old PRR and over Chartiers  
> Creek (virtually invisible) and under I-70 at the right edge of the  
> picture.   You can see the large parking lot for the Thepitt  
> factory.  Adjacent to the parking lot is our east site loop.   It  
> is not a complete circle like a ball .. its flat on the southwest  
> or parking lot side.-->>
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> <<--To the left of the parking lot you can see the long, narrow  
> (ration about 1:4) trolley display building with a silver roof.    
> It will be the operating carbarn eventually.   The picture was  
> taken before the tracks were in to the east end of the building  
> from the mainline.-->>
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> Is that a wye to the left of the silver carbarn?  Will the track  
> also loop this barn?  Will the street / city / small town operation  
> be here?
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> <<--The Fair Grounds, with its race track, is at the left side of  
> the map.-->>
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> Do attendees park at Thepitt and ride the trolley to the Fair?
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> <<--To the left edge you see a road going up to Arden Mines from  
> Main Street, and next to it (to it's right) you see the trolley  
> line.-->>
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> I see a loop at the upper left with stub track don't I.  Is this  
> the outer end of the line?
>
> Phil
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