[PRCo] exposed 1890s trackage

[Daria Brashear]

it's still exposed, so i took a closer look. the railhead is intact.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I don't think anything in the photo was cut...I'm guessing this is step
> rail
> with a narrow head.  They didn't begin cutting off the rail head until the
> PUC required it in abandonment proceedings.
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> You sure they didn't? looks cut to me, look on the right.
>
> That said, there's a spot in the next block where it didn't look cut.
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:51 AM, BobDietrich <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > It is surprising that they didn't cut the railhead before paving over
> > the track.  That is what they did in front of my house.  I wonder
> > which was the norm!
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> > They were repairing the street behind my usual coffeeshop and by my
> > usual bike shop. My friend whose husband's bike shop it is told me of
> > this, and I took a pic:
> >
> >
> > https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/1085655
> > 5_1010 0720316846109_3072945155074968086_o.jpg
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> > Circa 1890 rail, corner of Bingham and South 14th.
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