[PRCo] West Penn in Latrobe

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The new car house was built in 1928.  In the PTM Library there are a few
sets of construction snapshots.  When I look at the Google Earth/Google Maps
image of the area dated 10-6-11, the back part of the barn is still there,
with a white roof, to the right of a bunch of tanks.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
Robert Netzlof
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 2:09 PM
To: Western PA Trolley discussion
Subject: Re: [PRCo] West Penn in Latrobe

To Derrick:

I see my latest message made it to the list AND the archive. All's well that
ends well, they tell me.

To Dwight and Fred:

Yes, there were two car barns. The old barn was on Jefferson Street, on the
block between Walnut and Chestnut Streets. It shows there on the 1909 and
1921 Sanborn maps. The new barn was on Ligonier Street, across from the
brewery. It does not show on the 1921 Sanborn map, but is visible on the
1939 aerial photo of Latrobe.

The new car barn, according to the Google Maps aerial view is now all gone,
apparently scraped away. I vaguely recall having been there several years
ago and seeing that part, but not all of the building had been demolished.
It may have been during that time frame that Dwight saw it.

See attached annotated snippet of the 1939 aerial photo from PennPilot.
Light blue line marks trolley  line on Ligonier Street.
Light green turns west at Ligonier/Depot intersection, then turns onto
Jefferson on its way to the car barn. I've tinted the car barns pink.
Within my lifetime, West Penn was using the old barn as a garage and storage
building at their Latrobe substation.

The Westmoreland County Railway also got in the act in downtown Latrobe, but
I'll not presume to add a line for that based only on my memory of previous
discussion here.

--
Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob



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