[PRCo] Re: "Martin Villa" & "Twin Oaks"?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I'm looking at a PRCo document that lists the stops on the Charleroi route,
and was used to summarize a passenger count on an unnamed date.  My guess is
mid-to-late 40s.  Here's what it says:

Bridge No. 3, North End
Bridge No. 3, South End  But this is crossed out and replaced with:
"No. 2 North End (Isbell)?"
Bridge No. 2 South
Bridge No. 1

I've never seen "Twin Oaks" on a company document, but have of course seen
the same references you speak of here.

According to the engineering measurement book (again undated but probably
1920s), the stop for Bridge No. 3 was 37 feet south of the south abutment,
for Bridge No. 2 it was 73 feet away, and for Bridge No. 1 only 19 feet.

Don't know if this info helps or confuses!

Ed

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Subject: [PRCo] Re: "Martin Villa" & "Twin Oaks"?

A guy asked me about it , and I thought of Martin at Allenport and of course
it didn't look right. So, I figured someone here would know. "Martin Villa"
didn't sound very Pittsburghish to me.
The commonly seen pix of a car on bridge #3 near "Twin Oaks" is interesting
to me. I have a theory that it was the unlisted stop between bridges 1 & 2.
It even had a shelter.



Robert Rockwell
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  The car is OB at Martin Villa.