[PRCo] Re: Aerial photo of PTM

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Phil asked about a wye at the LEFT of the carbarn, not the one recently
installed at the right but not quite ready for prime time.

Yes, there will be a wye there when the balloon loop is installed between
the buildings. The new visitor center will be essentially parallel with the
Trolley Display Building (silver carbarn) and north of it.  There will be a
street in between and the track will allow a mulitplicity of moves when it
is finished.

For the record, the east wye is "Redman" and the west wye will be
"Enterprise."  Redman Wye has been ballasted and tamped and awaits the guard
rails.  Lots of movements have been made over this track, most of which have
not resulted in derailments!

Ed

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:00 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Aerial photo of PTM

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
> ----------------------------------------------
> <<--Here is another image that ...   Shows the Pennsylvania Trolley  
> Museum.-->>
>
> <<__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.-->>
>
> <<--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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