[PRCo] Re: WP freight

[John Swindler]

Very simple to disappear - we'll disappear in about an hour, but only for six days.  And I suspect Fred will also disappear this weekend - at least for internet purposes.

J



> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:24:00 -0800
> From: pcc_sr at yahoo.com
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP freight
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> 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.'
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 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.'
> 
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