[PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics

[John Swindler]

The problem with 38A might be the house in the background.  House is probably still there - just have to find it.
 
 
 

 

> From: dwightlong at verizon.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:13:12 -0500
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> I doubt this picture was taken on the Washington interurban line at all.
> 
> I believe all sidings on that line which were open track sidings were 
> protected by USS track/impedance bond signals. This photo shows a Nachod 
> signal OHL contactor, which suggests to me that it was not on the 
> Washington line. Could this possibly be on 38A?
> 
> Dwight
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Iannucci" <bob at rail.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1:09 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Washington Interurban Forensics
> 
> 
> > Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:
> >> In the archives is a picture of an old car that no one on this list can
> >> identify isn't there. It is reportedly on the Interurban lines. A PCC 
> >> was
> >> also photographed at the same location. It is tedious trying to find the
> >> photo in the archives. This looks like the photo in the archives,
> >> again, location unidentified by anyone:
> >> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/wvp009.htm
> >>
> >
> > This is a really intriguing picture - I had never seen it before. The lay
> > of the roadbed behind the car, the direction of the track, and the 
> > location
> > of the poles match a location in Upper St. Clair, just southwest of the
> > former Drake Trestle. The area is now called Wiltshire Park. Analysis 
> > of
> > old maps shows that a walking path in that park was once part of the
> > roadbed of the former Washington Interurban line. On my trip to 
> > Pittsburgh
> > this summer, I shot photos of that area. The poles are long gone, but
> > there is still pretty clear evidence of them on the right hand side
> > (relative to the direction in which the car in the picture is traveling) 
> > of
> > the former roadbed. The widening of the walking path in that area now
> > corresponds to the passing siding we see in the picture from the 1940's.
> > Can anyone say if there was a passing siding just southwest of the
> > Trestle? The area is overgrown now, but when I was growing up in Upper 
> > St.
> > Clair in the 1960's, this area was just brush as in the 1940's photo.
> >
> > I've made up the attached for your review - to give you some context and 
> > to
> > invite analysis of these two pictures. Were they shot at the same
> > location? At present, the evidence is somewhat thin. Any information to
> > prove or disprove this will be appreciated.
> >
> > If anyone can find the picture of the PCC taken at the same location (as
> > mentioned above), I'd really appreciate it. Also, I am looking for *any*
> > photos of the former Washington interurban line in the area from Drake to
> > the southwest edge of Upper St. Clair.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
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