[PRCo] West Penn in Latrobe

[Dwight Long]

Bob

No, the only time I actually saw the barn was in July 1952 when PERC ran a trip with 711 that began and ended there. I was on it.

Dwight
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Netzlof 
  To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 2:09 PM
  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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