[PRCo] Re: WP freight

[Dwight Long]

Ed

And hopefully the new tram system there as well.  Report eagerly awaited!

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Edward H. Lybarger 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Thursday, 25 November, 2010 15:47
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP freight


  Cell phone doesn't work on either the Mediterranean or the Atlantic, and I
  refuse to pay the extortionate rate asked by the cruise line for Internet
  service!  We'll make do without the instant gratification for a couple weeks
  and enjoy the vacation!

  And yes, the rumours are true that I'm scheduled to ride a camel in the
  Canary Islands.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
  [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
  Clark Campbell
  Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 3:24 PM
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP freight

  Thank you Mr.Lybarger.  How is it possible to 'disappear'
  without phone or internet for several weeks this day and age:
  Don't have a cell?  Leaving same at home?
  Have a great time.

   Phil
  Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'





  ________________________________
  From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Sent: Thu, November 25, 2010 3:17:39 PM
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP freight

  I'd suggest it was the corner where the two companies' track met in
  Duquesne, but don't have a shred of real evidence to that effect.  Maybe it
  was in McKeesport, but not east of there.  They would have had to change
  ends in Irwin, which would have been interesting I the midst of traffic.

  The new bridge at Duquesne opened in 1928.  The Lincoln Way connection to
  Fifth Avenue came out in 1924, so they would have had to use the Versailles
  Avenue route into McKeesport.

  These are points that demonstrate how important it is to find a volunteer to
  read the McKeesport Daily News! 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
  [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
  Clark Campbell
  Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 2:58 PM
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Subject: [PRCo] WP freight

  This may be an interesting trivia question for some.  From From 1928-1938 a
  daily WP freight starts at Connellsville and travel thru Duquesne via Irwin
  and McKeesport and on to Pgh.  All pubs say the small freight 548 was used
  in this service because:
  of tight clearance at a corner  --  PERC original pub of tight clearances at
  corners  --  PRMA updated pub one corner in Duquesne is tight according to
  the  CERA  book.
  Maps don't reveal this location;  is it known?  Is it possible someone
  familiar with the area could  'hazard a possibility?'
  This begs the question of routing as well.  The 68 shared WP track through
  Duquesne into McKeesport.  This track was realigned at  (Date?)  to cross
  the Monongahela.  Before this realignment it seems the freights entered
  McKeesport from the East along 5th to Sinclair then up Jerome;  is this
  correct?

  Trust 'all' had blessed Thanksgiving.


  Phil
  Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'