[PRCo] Second avenue tracks

[D Brashear]

pavement covered the previously-bared rails when i was there 3 hours ago


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> Fred
>
> Not sure if the big Second Ave project finished in 1956 or 1957, but for
> sure it was ongoing during the 5432 tour in early September 1956.  Have
> slides of the car on the new track with the roadways alongside not finished.
>
> Dwight
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Fred Schneider
>   To: Western PA Trolley discussion
>   Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 8:21 PM
>   Subject: Re: [PRCo] Second avenue tracks
>
>
>
>   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
>
>
>   On May 12, 2014, at 7:26 PM, George W. Gula wrote:
>
>   > 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.
>   >
>   > George
>   >
>   > On 5/12/14 2:40 PM, "D Brashear" <shadow at dementix.org> wrote:
>   >
>   >> it was. there's a shot of it being rebuilt in the Pitt Archives site.
>   >>
>   >>
>   >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
> wrote:
>   >>
>   >>> That area, I believe, was all cement with rails - no cobblestone.   I
>   >>> say
>   >>> this, as I believe a good bit of this area was re-done, with tracks
>   >>> slightly re-located when the parkway was being constructed.
>   >>>
>   >>> Matt
>   >>>
>   >>> -----Original Message-----
>   >>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org [mailto:
>   >>> pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of D
>   >>> Brashear
>   >>> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 11:20 PM
>   >>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>   >>> Subject: [PRCo] Second avenue tracks
>   >>>
>   >>> Stripped pavement most of the way from 10th st to Under Birmingham
>   >>> Bridge.
>   >>> Both tracks, 4 rails, visible in the stripped pavement. No pic, I'm
> in
>   >>> the
>   >>> back and Gwen is driving
>   >>>
>   >>> D
>   >>>
>   >>>
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