[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Knoxville and St Clair Railway

[Dwight Long]

Derrick

>From the photo,it looks more like a cable in a slot between the rails than a rack.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Derrick Brashear 
  To: Pittsburgh Railways Group 
  Sent: Saturday, 31 July, 2010 11:41
  Subject: [PRCo] Pittsburgh, Knoxville and St Clair Railway


  I could swear we talked about this, but I find no evidence...

  Apparently this came back what is now South 13th St in the South Side,
  then just before reaching the PV&C (PRR Mon Division) tracks, turned
  left between two houses, and went up a ramp, turning hard right *over*
  South 14th and jumping over the railroad, before heading up what is
  now Brosville. Was there in the 1890s, and was gone by 1901,
  presumably because the line over New Arlington Avenue was faster,
  lower maintenance, and served more people, and also this approximately
  paralleled the Knoxville Incline?

  Related:
  http://www.lifeinwesternpa.org/viewDetail.asp?SpecSub=Cars%2CStreetcars&title=Transportation+-%3E+Cars%2FStreetcars&ID=119

  This was the rack (geared) operation, presumably?

  -- 
  Derrick