[PRCo] Re: Fwd: PITTSBURG PA PHOTO ARCHIVES

[Derrick Brashear]

I meant to follow up about that. The PRR *blocked* the Wabash from crossing the Allegheny. There was no connection.

Derrick

On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:20 PM, robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> --- On Fri, 10/12/12, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Comments from Fred Schneider
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>> This is the only picture I have ever seen showing a train on
>> the bridge
>> over Liberty Avenue in the distance.  That was the
>> freight interchange
>> track between the P&WVa and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
> 
> Look at the Hopkins Real Estate maps. Wabash/P&WV and PRR did not connect in downtown. 
> 
> Look at the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Wabash/P&WV and PRR did not connect in downtown.
> 
> Look at the Pittsburgh Flood Commission maps. Wabash/P&WV and PRR did not connect in downtown.
> 
> Look at the Pittsburgh Planning Commission topographic maps. Wabash/P&WV and PRR did not connect in downtown.
> 
> Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob
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