[PRCo] Re: Speers Belle Vernon Bridge tracks? and update to PRyCo Map

[Dwight Long]

Stephen

I can testify that those tracks on the Monessen Bridge were there—I saw them in the early 1950s just before the Charleroi line was abandoned in 1953.  Most of the special work for the junction was still in then as well------------------

Dwight

From: Stephen Titchenal 
Sent: Wednesday, 23 November, 2011 12:52
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Cc: 'Blaine Hays' 
Subject: [PRCo] Speers Belle Vernon Bridge tracks? and update to PRyCo Map
I have updated the PRyCo Map after double checking it against the 1910
Arnold map of the PRyCo. I found this map to be fairly accurate after
georeferencing it. I have included a copy of it online with the updated
draft of the PRyCo DEM on my website at:
http://railsandtrails.com/pdf/index.html

Also attached is a section of the PRR Monongahella Main Line valuation
showing Belle Vernon (Speers). It has what appears to be a track on the
bridge between Speers and North Belle Vernon. I cannot find any
documentation of this on any other map. It is unusual for a Railroad
Valuation Map to be incorrect (unlike some other historic maps :-).

FYI: The PRR Valuation maps of the Monongahella Main Line between Charleroi
and Roscoe only show the street railway next to the tracks for a short
distance at the southern end of Charleroi. No tracks show on the West
Monesson (North Charleroi) - Monesson Bridge. I find that the Railroad
Valuation Maps are inconsistent in showing nearby electric railway tracks.


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