[PRCo] Re: Black's Bridge, Crafton

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I think we'd need to study public utility law and its application by the
PSC/PUC to see what happens in the case of disused facilities taken over by
another governmental agency.  West Penn, for example, sold its
Scottdale-Everson bridge to the Department of Highways, so the
responsibility clearly went with it.  We'd also need to review the decisions
in the West End Abandonment; there were some exceptions made.  PAT still
owns, I believe, the bridges on Ohio River Blvd.  I could be wrong on
that...maybe when they were rebuilt at PAT expense PennDOT took them over.

Ed

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Barry,
Matthew R
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:00 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Black's Bridge, Crafton

Was PAT essentially let off the hook for a great deal of things that the
Railways Company would have otherwise been straddled with?

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Derrick
Brashear
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:08 PM
To: Pittsburgh Railways Group
Subject: [PRCo] Black's Bridge, Crafton

This bridge has almost been closed more than it was open in recent years. It
went from being a Pittsburgh Railways bridge to being (at least partly)
Conrail's problem such that when they abandoned the track where the West
Busway is now, that Crafton finally ended up with sole ownership.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19671130&id=FcdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid
=mmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7133,5763153

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Derrick