[PRCo] Re: PRCo Bon Air

[Barry, Matthew R]

Great photo find, Ray!

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org [pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of George W. Gula [scranton-pa at comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 11:00 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRCo Bon Air

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> Hello. Found this end of line photo of Bon Air.
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> My question, looking at the photograph is, was
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> Bon Air originally double tracked as it looks?
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> Also any idea when it became single track?
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According to 1917 and 1925 track maps, there were two tracks on the Bon Air
line, but only one was connected to Brownsville Road trackage and was used
by the single shuttle car that went up and down the hill. I suspect that
grander schemes were once planned such as a connection to the interurban or
to the Brookline neighborhood as these were hinted at in early leases I saw
between PRCo and the land company that developed Brookline. There was
nothing concrete though and it never happened anyway.

George Gula