I believe the second picture was taken from Grant looking toward Liberty. The present day Federal Building location is just off the left side of the picture. The Greyhound bus station occupied that lot until a new bus station was built next to the PRR tracks to the right of the picture.
Mark Vinski
Thanks. Crrected. And two more at South Hills Junction:
One more at South Hills Junction, for a full view of the station building:
More in front of the PRR station and (I think) the north end of the Mt. Washington Tunnel at the P&LE (used by the B&O) Station.
The north end of the Mount Washington Tunnel ducks under the PRR’s Panhandle (now NS). There was a PRR suburban station at Smithfield St. Trolley crossed above the P&LE on Smithfield St.
Right. The P&LE station was behind me when I took the photograph.
I did not mean to imply that the railriad bridge in the photo was P&LE. I used the P&LE station folr B&O trains on several occasions.
The track arrabngement is quit diufferent now, since lifgt rail no loger goes over the Smithgfield Street Bridgem but uses the PRR bridge, swith thne PRR Vandalia line abandoned in this area.
More:
Replacement, Mt. Washington Line photo. Compare?
From Roscoe, end of the Charleroi interurban line, toward Pittsburgh, and then the Donorra shuttle car at Denorra:
One end of the East - West local streetcar line, Washington, PA, reached by a PCC Pittsburgh inyrturban:
A small correction to an earlier posting, restoring the “40” route number to the “Mt. Washington” destination sign:
Regarding the East-West Pittsburgh Railways Washington line:
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This is a car at the west end of Washington PA’s Route W-4 – East & West. It is at Caldwell Avenue, the site of which is approximately under an I-70 bridge today. Inbound, the line was on PRW almost to West Chestnut, then followed that street into downtown, then turned right on Main and left on Beau. The East part followed East Beau as far as the East Washington High School, between Morgan Avenue and Woods Lane.
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Downtown Washington, PA, information from Ed:
4380 is northbound on North Main Street, Washington, where it will turn left onto Chestnut.
Northbound on the Charleroi (Roscoe) line at Black Diamond Station:
View out the rear window of an interurban PCC in Wshington, PA, bound for Pittsburgh
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Cannonsburg was a rush-hour short-turn seatination on the Washington, PA, line/
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Taking pictures of streetcars in Washington, PA, cannot be done tofay. But today’s railfan who can travel in the USA has the opportunity to photograph, even make videos, of the new Washington, DC streetcarm the Tacoma, Washington, stereetcar, and the Seattle, Washington, Light Rail. I’m 89+, and it seems inlikely that I will have those opportunities, 8000+ miles away. but most of you have that opportunity.
Washington Junction. The line to Charleroi and Roscoe was considered the main, with that to Washington a brasnch, even though it had the greater number of riders. This junction, same name, still exists today as part of the current light rail system. Can another reader post an up-to-date picture?
David, you can google it. Washington junction station, Bethel Park, PA.
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After posting this I felt a little foolish. Of course David knows you can google this. Like College and Adams in Canonsburg. Some of the buildings are gone, no old Chevy truck, and no trolley either. Ah for a time machine!
Geoff, basically I want others to xnribute to this thread, not just I, and I did want to make the point that you have opportunities also to record history yourselve.
Anyway, 1715’photo at Washington Jc. had a few problems, that I thought I had corrected, so here it is inbound from Roscoe and Charleroi again:
And 1702 inbound from Washington at the Junction, operator neglected to adjust the rollsign. After taking this piscture, I had to hustle to board the Washington car on the right:
And RC is right. There were 1600s equipped for interurban service. 1617 was one:
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The 3800s bought for interurban service had relatively light frames around the windows. They tended to “rack” like an open car. The 1600s were assigned in the late 1940s.