[PRCo] Re: brady st tracks

[Derrick Brashear]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell
<pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>        * To: Pittsburgh Railways Group <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>        * Subject: [PRCo] brady st tracks
>        * From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>        * Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:34:40 -0400
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>> not the bridge. brady st.
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?g=imls;med=1;sid=7c2384ecc2c90d0879f90375f5ed276f;q1=200909;rgn1=cp_ba;size=20;c=cp;lasttype=simple;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;subview=detail;cc=cp;entryid=x-715.112092.cp;viewid=20090519-CP-0241.TIF;start=161;resnum=170
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>> must have been a climb...
>> --
>> Derrick
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> Mr.Brashear;
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> Here is a map from 1910 that helps to explain the track configuration.
> The photo above shows double track from inbound 2nd onto Brady;
> the map below then shows single track on Tustin to Moultrie.  Other
> maps indicate that a car could then turn to IB Forbes or 5th.  A stub
> track then appears to continue on Tustin to near Seneca.
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry;cc=hopkins;entryid=x-20090323-hopkins-0008
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> Dash lines can be seen beside the trolley tracks on the Brady bridge;
> zooming indicates these dash lines reveal alignment of the trolley tracks
> below the bridge.   Single track begins before the turn onto Tustin.
> Brady is near the lower left of this map.
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> Seems many of the maps here are converted to Flash;  can't readily
> save these can we.

there's a 200dpi save map link on the page.

i actually have copies archived, somewhere.


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Derrick