[PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Geography is wrong for Lemoyne Siding on 38A.  There was no main street
bearing off to the left there.

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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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> > http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/Interurban%20For
> > ensics.pdf
> >
> >
> > 
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