[PRCo] Re: PTM Site

[Schneider Fred]

 From Fred Schneider:

I was told by Bob Brown years ago that there was only one or two  
pieces of ground owned by Pittsburgh Railways and that the site at  
Arden was one of them.   The remainder of the right of way allegedly  
had reversionary rights to original owners.

On Jul 21, 2009, at 1:53 AM, Mark McGuire wrote:

>   And evidently, I do not know how to spell hindsight.
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
> To: Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] PTM Site
> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:48:49 GMT
>
>   This is a question or a series of questions aimed mainly at Ed,  
> but feel free to chime in if anyone can give me an answer.
>
>   When the site for the museum was first picked out, was Tylerdale  
> ever considered? One would think that a car barn on site would be  
> very appealing. I know it probably involves things like land  
> ownership, etc. I know the museum paid $1 for the half mile length  
> of the original museum site.  In hindsite, it would have been nice  
> to have the present site, and another branch(although it would not  
> have been a branch in its earlier days) to Tylerdale. Seems that  
> the land at Tylerdale is still unused for the most part. The  
> substation shell still remains and looks as if it is just letting  
> Mother Nature take her course. Who owns this land now? I know the  
> trestle over the creek would have taken considerable maintenance  
> and perhaps that is a reason the museum didn't push further towards  
> Tylerdale.
>
>   I would appreciate any and all insight in to this. Thanks in  
> advance.
>
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