[PRCo] Re: Spur

[Edward H. Lybarger]

It's a "book" of a dozen or so linen pages, each maybe 30 by 36 inches and
bound at one edge, covering the system. Virtually impossible to copy, but
useful.  I will look, but it may or may not have the Kennywood detail that I
suspect you want.  There's probably another drawing with that, but I have no
idea whether we've located and cataloged it yet.  That's a work in process,
and will probably last another year or two.

Ballast was my initial thought, but where did the coal company generate any
slag?  PRCo could have had it shipped in, though, from any self-respecting
area blast furnace!  The company certainly did not use crushed limestone
like PTM does.

Anyone else have any thoughts?

Ed                      

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Ed, thanks for looking into this. I am going to guess that maybe PRCo was
accepting slag from the coal company to use as track ballast. My guess is
that a conveyor crosses 88 from the mine to the slag bin. 

What is the small scale (large detail) PRCo map book from 1925?  By any
chance, does this book show the track arrangement at Kennywood?

Ray