[PRCo] Second avenue tracks

[John Swindler]

Second Ave. work started at Tenth St. bridge and had been completed to about Bates Street by PAT takeover.  There was still about a mile - or less to go to Greenfield Ave.
 
Fifth Ave. work was in vicinity of Third Presbyterian Church.  The 'Mohawk' fantrip (1664???) included photo stops on the single track.  That was an era when rail service was continued during major track renewal work.
 
For a great $12 lunch, you and your high school classmates should try the La Brasserie Parisienne  across Place St. James from the Cathedral in Compiegne.
 

 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 21:00:53 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Second avenue tracks
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> When we are old men and it happened 52-54 years ago, Tom, we do forget the exact details.      
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> Now tell me what blocks of 2nd and 5th were done???   Points go for remembering it exactly.   :<)
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> Went to lunch today with three former high school classmates (we graduated 56 years ago).   We get together once a month or so to find some unusual food … today was Indian cuisine.   It was a great example of four guys trying to remember the past.   Two of us are having trouble walking … I am one of those … and that is difficult when I remember the days I could start a day on the Norside and walk to Library or Carnegie carrying a ton of camera gear.
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> On May 12, 2014, at 8:42 PM, TEP wrote:
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> > Whoops my message got snatched--got to remember not to use any HTLM.
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> > Thinking back to 1962-63 I remember riding, at speed, on 2nd Ave on what 
> > was very new, very loud concrete track. Not the last major job, I 
> > remember (I think) a long stretch on Fifth Avenue being relaid in 63 or 64.
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> > Tom Parkinson P.Eng, Vancouver BC Canada 604-733-5430, cell 604-733-5437
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> > On 12/05/2014 17:21, Fred Schneider wrote:
> >> I cannot remember when it was done but my memory was that there was a Second Avenue rail project either near the very tail end of PRC's existence or the very beginning of PAT … probably the last rail job in the city for streetcars.   If the memory isn't flawed, it was t-rail set in concrete.   fws
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> >> On May 12, 2014, at 7:26 PM, George W. Gula wrote:
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> >>> When I arrived in Pittsburgh in 1975, Second Avenue had exposed unused
> >>> tracks set in concrete from the 10th Street Bridge to the B&O RR overpass
> >>> at Irvine Street & Greenfield Avenue. The switches there were also
> >>> showing. Browns Hill Road had concrete-set track in it from the top of the
> >>> hill at Hazelwood Avenue to the bridge.
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