Impressive scene! Looks like a time when it would've seemed nothing could hold the country back. Love the downtown canyons!
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Wow. Being a 30-something Pittsburgh native, this photo speaks to how much impact the railroads had in defining the development of so many American cities.
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| Posted by on March 20, 2013 | |
I'm not a Pittsburgh expert, so I'm asking others on here. Is this looking west from the PRR Pittsburgh station toward the old Panhandle line toward Columbus? It doesn't look like any of the layout headed west from Pittsburgh on today's Capitol route, so I'm wondering if this is the abandoned Panhandle Line. The buildings in the background look similar to buildings I see along Bigelow Blvd today. Thanks for any help.
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| Posted by Sport! on March 20, 2013 | |
very surreal looking!!!
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In spotting this pin for John on the maps link, I looked at the satellite view and today the photo location is basically under the Crosstown Blvd. The Federal building in this photo is visible in the satellite view. This would be looking west out on the Panhandle leads under the Federal building if I am correct.
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This is impressive!
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I can't stop staring at it! This looks more like a train dream than reality.
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Where this train sits is, today, the Port Authority Busway, all cement. Here you can see the tracks enter a dark cavern, a tunnel which passed under the city and exited at the Monongahela River, which it crossed on a beautiful bridge ( http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=233964&nseq=35 ). On the othet side it curved to the right, traveled a couple miles along the river and entered the Corliss Tunnel. From there it headed to Weirton, WV, crossed the Ohio River and headed west to Columbus.
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| Posted by on March 20, 2013 | |
Pennsylvania "the standard railroad of the world." Read the Wiki on the PRR and think of John's pic...it really says it all. Thanks John for this great moment in American RR history.
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John your photos are fantastic.
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Ethereal.
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