[PRCo] Hulton bridge work exposed old West Penn trackage...

Fri Jul 10 09:22:50 EDT 2015

Of course, in front of a computer, I can just deep link the Facebook image
URLs. Tracks at a jog in Freeport Road:
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11722369_10203669220965897_841385443080717223_o.jpg

Ties, after removal:
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11703127_844059139009922_5441508719989154920_n.jpg?oh=3ba50e616ab033e4e1eec368c53a18a9&oe=562202E2

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11232177_844059192343250_8889362674076098133_n.jpg?oh=2b46422bf5264361f86c5e9040312bef&oe=56191B6C

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Daria Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Even today, the area along route 909 isn't very densely populated. And if
> they'd simply followed the AVRR, there's
> nobody between Oakmont and Logan's Ferry, and then only sparse population
> to New Ken.
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Correct...Hulton Bridge never had tracks.  PRC dreamed of going to New
>> Kensington on the east (south) bank of the river, but of course it never
>> happened, which was probably a good thing economically.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Daria Brashear [mailto:shadow at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 11:08 PM
>> *To:* dwightlong
>> *Cc:* Edward H. Lybarger; Western PA Trolley discussion
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [PRCo] Hulton bridge work exposed old West Penn
>> trackage...
>>
>>
>>
>> Hulton Bridge crosses from the north end of Hulton Road (Oakmont), to
>> Freeport Road; A hillside which carries the current Allegheny Valley
>> Expressway is across the street from the end of the bridge.
>>
>> No cars that I know ever crossed the bridge, and the decking seemed to
>> have no provision for rails.
>>
>> It was, for a brief moment, the Joseph Bonetto Bridge, before being
>> officially renamed the Jonathan Hulton Memorial Bridge. It happened, I
>> think, when I was a high school student.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 11:03 PM, dwightlong <dwightlong at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, that clicks.  What threw me off was reference to Hulton, which I
>> understand to be the northern part of Oakmont.  It was, and is, my
>> understanding that Rt. 78 cars went only to that point and never crossed
>> the bridge to the AVSR side.  Correct me if I misapprehend that.  The
>> photos apparently were taken somewhere along Freeport Road between Blawnox
>> and Cheswick—I guess at the west end of the soon to be replaced Hulton
>> Bridge.  I did not know when I first responded to Daria that the bridge
>> across the river was called Hulton Bridge.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dwight
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Edward H. Lybarger via Pittsburgh-railways
>> <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 09 July, 2015 20:01
>>
>> *To:* 'Daria Brashear' <shadow at gmail.com> ; 'Western PA Trolley
>> discussion' <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [PRCo] Hulton bridge work exposed old West Penn
>> trackage...
>>
>> I supplied the picture to John Swindler.  It was Allegheny Valley rail on
>> Freeport Road.  Chuck Rompala took it during recent construction.  For the
>> benefit of others like me who do not believe in surrendering my privacy to
>> places like Facebook, it's attached.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pittsburgh-railways [mailto:
>> pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Daria
>> Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 6:41 PM
>> To: Fred Schneider
>> Cc: Western PA Trolley discussion
>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Hulton bridge work exposed old West Penn trackage...
>>
>> Made it happen with just an iPad. Not mine, obviously. Copyright not
>> claimed etc.
>>
>> On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Daria Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net
>> > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fwschneider at comcast.net');>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Derrick:
>> >
>> >
>> > Daria. Including in the strict legal sense.
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Can you drag or copy the image(s) to your website for those of us who
>> >> cannot otherwise view them?
>> >
>> >
>> > When I am next in front of a laptop I mean to; currently this is on an
>> > iPad with only mobile applications.
>> >
>> > And I believe it was WP, on the north side (Freeport Rd) rather than
>> > PRCo on the south, but we can check.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> fws
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Jul 9, 2015, at 4:31 PM, dwightlong via Pittsburgh-railways wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Since I am not a Facebook member, I could not open the link.
>> >> > However,
>> >> I don’t think that would be WP trackage, but rather PRC—old route 78,
>> >> I should think.
>> >> >
>> >> > Dwight
>> >> >
>> >> > From: D Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways
>> >> > Sent: Thursday, 09 July, 2015 16:04
>> >> > To: Western PA Trolley discussion
>> >> > Subject: [PRCo] Hulton bridge work exposed old West Penn trackage...
>> >> >
>> >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/421449041235409/permalink/91646566173
>> >> 3742/
>> >> >
>> >> > Pics on the book of faces
>> >> >
>> >> > D
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