[PRCo] Re: Trolley tracks on Chestnut St, Northside

[Barry, Matthew R]

That street is in great shape, just as I remember it when the 77/54 still ran past it on East Ohio.  The electric line was still in place in the mid-60's, and from East Ohio, it appeared it was up all the way up Chesnut, though I doubt it went very far since the line was abandoned in '57.

This was a super link, Bob.  I am going to check out some other areas using it.

Matt

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org [pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Bob Rathke [bobrathke at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:22 PM
To: Pittsburgh Trolley List
Subject: [PRCo] Trolley tracks on Chestnut St, Northside

To see the trolley tracks that exist today on Chestnut St., go Google Maps and type in "806 Chestnut Street, Pittsburgh, PA".  From the flat map click on the "photo view" or the "orange man" icon and you'll see a photo of Chestnut St. just north of East Ohio St.
Use you mouse to orient the photo view to the North, and then click on the "north" arrow that overlays the street view. You can follow the street - and tracks - almost to Spring Garden Avenue where the 5-Spring Hill line went straight ahead up the hill, and 1-Spring Garden line turned right onto Spring Garden Avenue.

Google Maps' street views work in many city and suburban areas.  Pittsburgh and Chicago seem to be well covered.

Bob 3/7/08