[PRCo] PRCo Duquesne

[George W. Gula]

I looked at a 1918 and a 1930 map of Kennywood Park trackage. In 1918, the
loop was set for cars to come from and to the city, not McKeesport. There
were crossovers in front of the park so my guess is that regular 68 cars
were augmented by a few double-enders for the short ride between
McKeesport and the park. By 1930, it would appear that cars from
McKeesport could turn into the four-track yard opposite the park by using
a track connection at Hoffmann Blvd (today's name for the road) that was
just past the bridge next to the park. Double-endered cars could still
turn short in the yard by changing poles. There was never any loop
trackage for cars running from McKeesport. Not sure what they did between
1953 and 1958 when there were no Jones cars but by then, many more people
probably came to the park by automobile and it didn't matter any more.

George Gula

On 5/8/14 9:49 PM, "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

>
>Fred
>
>Almost immediately upon leaving Kennywood toward Duquesne the tracks went
>over a bridge.  My memory is not good enough to tell me what was in the
>hollow it traversed but I suspect it was the Union Railroad.
>
>Dwight
>
>From: Fred Schneider
>Sent: Thursday, 08 May, 2014 17:02
>To: Western PA Trolley discussion
>Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Duquesne
>I am confused where you are.   I remember no bridge over a railroad and
>no large mill buildings.
>
>
>On May 8, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Lattner, Raymond wrote:
>
>> Hello. Since you guys were so helpful with Dravosburg I thought I could
>>get your help with
>> How PRCo entered Duquesne from the Kennywood side. I have attached a
>>Penn Pilot aerial
>> With a trace. Can someone tell me if my trace is correct?
>> 
>> Also attached the link below cause I thought it was interesting. Found
>>by accident. Anybody
>> Know if this was done for PRCo Charleroi or Washington routes,  maybe
>>Butler Harmony?
>> 
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>>https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=201211243042039768216.000471c2
>>1753c3dd42fb2&dg=feature
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Ray
>> 
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