[PRCo] exposed 1890s trackage

Fri Apr 17 15:28:53 EDT 2015

I don’t suppose they’d give you a foot of it, but it would be interesting to have.

From: Daria Brashear [mailto:shadow at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 2:15 PM
To: Edward H. Lybarger
Cc: Western PA Trolley discussion; BobDietrich
Subject: Re: [PRCo] exposed 1890s trackage

In fact,

https://scontent-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p320x320/11143429_10100723578978769_5190097649263184629_n.jpg?oh=685fee858dbf17ecf9fa4483c611bf6c <https://scontent-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p320x320/11143429_10100723578978769_5190097649263184629_n.jpg?oh=685fee858dbf17ecf9fa4483c611bf6c&oe=5598ECFF> &oe=5598ECFF

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Daria Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

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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Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:30 AM
To: BobDietrich
Cc: Western PA Trolley discussion
Subject: Re: [PRCo] exposed 1890s trackage

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:
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> 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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