[PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics

[Dwight Long]

John

That location does not fit the fot—your doubt is well placed.

Dwight

From: John Swindler 
Sent: Thursday, 08 December, 2011 12:47
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics

I keep coming back to the interurban lines.  

I was wondering about just north of Jefferson Ave. near Tylerdale, but that doesn't seem right either.   
 
I like the Charleroi suggestion.
 
 
 

> From: trams2 at comcast.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:11:57 -0500
> 
> Geography is wrong for Lemoyne Siding on 38A. There was no main street
> bearing off to the left there.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of John
> Swindler
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:29 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Washington Interurban Forensics
> 
> 
> 
> The problem with 38A might be the house in the background. House is
> probably still there - just have to find it.
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> > 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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