[PRCo] Re: 'maybe' not East McKeesport

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Thank You, Mr.Netzlof,

Could you please provide the map between East McKeesport and
McKeesport?

Your observation seems logical.  As Mr.Brannon observed much
is left to the imagination as well.  What is in between the RR 'rails'
we see in the foreground and the freight cars on grade in the distance?
Is the valley deeper at that point?  The track in the distance could
be totally separate; it could also branch from a jct. of the 'rails' in the
foreground.  It could cross a trestle if a valley of some sort escapes
our notice.  We can't say much about the RR in the foreground
beyond 'rails' as that is the most one can see.

I disagree that being familiar with the valley today equates to 1906.
Everything was rural before the cities came wasn't it.  People stayed
close to the cities; outside it was very rural.

Anything could be mislabeled, this is true, but have we exhausted all
possibilities with the labeling?  Knowing we tend to do things the hard
(wrong) way first I am tempted to stick with the labeling.


Phil

PS -- Yahoo doesn't allow typing below without being a part of the "quote"
unless I can find something in preferences to change that.  Sorry.




>________________________________
> From: robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com>
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
>Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:19 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: 'maybe' not East McKeesport
> 
>--- On Sat, 11/26/11, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> <much snipped>
>> The photo has a very real possibility of being near the
>> Highland
>> Grove Traction Company line visible on the enclosure.  The
>> line 
>> 
>> starts from the 68-line trestle, east side of the
>> Monongahela, 
>> 
>> and heads north in a zig-zag fashion doesn't it.
>> 
>
>The 1907 USGS topographic map shows a traction line wandering about at a fairly high elevation on the far side of the ridge running along the river. Further, while there is a multi-track railroad (B&O) along the river and a road along the river, the road is on the hill side, away from the river.
>
>So, no, the Highland Grove Traction Company doesn't appear to fit the photo. It's name was apropos, it ran in the highlands, not the valley. Well, once it got off McKeesport streets, it ran in the highlands.
>
>I trust folks will be able to find the map snippet after Ecartis deals with it.
>
>Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob
>
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