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Re: Re: (rshsdepot) PRR Schuylkill Branch Questions

Verne,

Let me dig around in my files and see what I can find, I think 
I can come up with those pictures.

Harry J. Tucci Jr.

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- ---- On Tue, 8 May 2001, Verne and Joan Brummel 
(jmb_@_email.msn.com) wrote:

> Thanks, Harry, for your information! My main interest is 
seeing photos
> of
> the old Pottsville depots, as well as the PRR depot in 
Reading. I was
> lucky
> to be able to photograph the Outer Depot in Reading before it 
was torn
> down,
> and remember seeing several of the buildings you mentioned. I 
appreciate
> the
> update!
> Verne Brummel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry J. Tucci Jr. <katahdin_@_ureach.com>
> To: Verne and Joan Brummel <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: (rshsdepot) PRR Schuylkill Branch Questions
> 
> 
> > I got involved with this line several years ago when I led 
the
> > acquisition of it from the Penn Central for a walking trail.
> > Some of the smaller stations still exist north of Reading, 
such
> > as in Lessport, and in Port Clinton the Reading and Northern
> > has built a wonderful facility.
> >
> > In Reading the Locomotive shops and MOW shops are being 
used as
> > storage by a plumbing company.  They are in disarepair and
> > probably will not make another 5 years.  Some of the Car 
Shops
> > are still usaed by NS.
> >
> > In Pottstown the oild train statiopn is now a bank.  In
> > Phoenixville the station is a restauraunt.  Both are still 
in
> > good shape.  In Schuylkill Haven there is now a Reading RR
> > museuim on the site of the old rail yard.  The St. Clair 
rail
> > yard was developed into a corporate aprk several years back,
> > although the coaling docks for where the RR and the Canal 
met
> > still exist in the woods.  The old RR trestle at 
Landingville
> > still stands.  In POttsville the old Freight Statiuon is 
now a
> > surveyor's office.
> >
> > Vetsiges of this line exist in all the towns if you know 
where
> > to look.
> >
> > I have ROW maps of the whole line in Schuylkill County and
> > would be happy to dig them out and answer any more 
questions.
> >
> > Harry J. Tucci Jr.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- On Sat, 5 May 2001, Verne and Joan Brummel
> > (jmb_@_email.msn.com) wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to add some questions to Frank's list:
> > > What were the PRR and Reading depots like in Pottsville, 
and
> > when were
> > > they
> > > torn down? Also, what was the PRR depot like in 
Reading,PA?
> > > Back in 1976, my friend Gordy Bjoraker and I rode a 
Reading
> > RDC up to
> > > Pottsville. Even though several Reading trains still 
served
> > Pottsville
> > > at
> > > the time, the depot was already gone. Down in Reading,PA, 
we
> > took a tour
> > > of
> > > the Reading RR's yard and shops, and visited the Franklin 
St.
> > and Outer
> > > stations. We stopped at the PRR/Penn Central yard in 
Reading,
> > and found
> > > an
> > > old railroad structure that appeared to be still used by 
PC.
> > I'm not
> > > sure if
> > > it was a PRR freight station, or a surviving  portion of 
the
> > old PRR
> > > passenger station. Any information on these depots would 
be
> > very much
> > > appreciated!
> > > LaVerne Brummel, Madison,WI
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <FRANKGARON_@_aol.com>
> > > To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:24 PM
> > > Subject: (rshsdepot) PRR Schuylkill Branch Questions
> > >
> > >
> > > > Took a Sunday drive last month up to the Pottsville, PA
> > area - I had
> > > not
> > > been up there in years.
> > > >
> > > > Some questions/comments:
> > > >
> > > > 1. It looks like they are going to widen Route 61 from 
the
> > south side
> > > of
> > > Pottsville clear down to Schuylkill Haven to put in a 
center
> > turn lane -
> > > and
> > > *possibly* build on the PRR ROW. All trees have been 
cleared,
> > and Mount
> > > Carbon Yard is now wide open.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody know if this is the case?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2. When did the coaling tower finally come down in Mount
> > Carbon?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 3. In Pottsville proper, right next to the Bus Station,
> > there is a
> > > building that *sort* of looks like it might have been a 
PRR
> > building -
> > > maybe
> > > frieght or Yard Office.
> > > > It's on the west side of the Bus Station. This would 
have
> > been right
> > > where
> > > the now razed PRr station was.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody know if it was PRR related?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 4. In Schuylkill Haven, my CT1000 shows a PRR/LV
> > interchange track at
> > > MP
> > > 90.2.
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody help me place this location - nearest steets
> > that it would
> > > have been near?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 5. The ROW just above Saint Clair has a handy dandy 
Walmart
> > Plaza
> > > built on
> > > it - this is new since last time I was up there.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 6. Did PRR use RDG trackage rights all the way from
> > Wetherill Jct to
> > > Shenandoah, or did they have their own tracks from 
frackville
> > north
> > > somehow?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 7. Anybody know where the PRR station in Minersville was
> > located?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 8. Does anybody know the last time the line from Delano 
Jct
> > to Morea
> > > was
> > > used (I am guessing that LV was the last one to run on 
this
> > line)? It
> > > seems
> > > to have been railbanked from at least 1984 or so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 9. Has anybody here ever walked the ROW from the Delano
> > area thru
> > > Morea
> > > down to say St. Clair or so? I am interested in doing this
> > sometime -
> > > but
> > > wondering what bridges are out, and if there are 
trespassing
> > concerns at
> > > Morea Colliery?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 10. In Hazleton proper, they list a PRR freight station 
at
> > MP 122.5 -
> > > this
> > > interests me because I believe that this trackage was 
always
> > owned by LV
> > > (w/PRR having trackage rights).
> > > >
> > > > Anybody know where this was, streetwise, and what it 
looked
> > like?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 11. Did the tracks ever run west of Scotch Valley and
> > connect with the
> > > line from Sunbury to Wilkes Barre or something? A topo map
> > and an NRHS
> > > Bulletin that I have infers this, but does not seem to 
come
> > out and say
> > > it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 12. Anybody else on the list have a good handle on what
> > stuctures are
> > > still up north of Norristown? Doesn't seem to be hardly
> > anything left -
> > > except for
> > > > Birdsboro, Mohrsville and Shoemakersville?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Frank
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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