Track Pans
Does anyone have a list of all the locations of the PRR's track pans. Has anyone done a history on these? Such as how they came to be used, where they were placed, and when they were removed from...
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Glen:You are close but not quite correct. Yes, the pans were located east of Latrobe on level track. They extended over both sides of the Rt. 981 underpass and were on a broad curve, not tangent track.
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I be live there were track pans near the town of Seward, PA, about 10 miles west of Johnstown. The pans were named Nineveh Track Pans, the previous name of Seward. I have no idea when the pans where...
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Gary,The use of tender scoops and track pans on the PRR goes well back, into the mid-late1800's. Scoops were fitted to some class O and P 4-4-0's, later called D10, D11 and D12 classes See, for...
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The Railroad Museum of PA has a detailed exhibit on track pans, including a map of where they were, and a section of pan once used. Another interesting not was the track pan that was located at...
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Alex Br:thanks for the help regarding the track-pans @ 'Saxman' (Latrobe).By 'broad curve', I assume you are talking West of the Rt. 981 underpass, towards the non-existent leg to the Ligonier Valley...
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The trach does ascend westbound, not so much to get to the station as to gain elevation for the street overpasses in Latrobe. The original main linw was at ground level.If you know where the beer...
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Guys, You want to see some nice action of PRR Locos picking up water on the fly, then you need to look into the getting the Fall 2003 "Railroad Video Quarterly" by Revelation Video. It is a 2 hour...
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Gary,I had a chance to look at S. Kip Farrington's book "Railroading Coast to Coast." SKF's page 271 has a list of PRR track pans listed by region or division. He also lists locations of pans of some...
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Tom;Could you list the PRR's pans here? I'd hate to run out and buy a book just for one page of useful information! ha ha
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I'm thinking there might have been some track pans between Grapeville (CP Rade) and Jeannette, PA, adjacent to the old Westmoreland Glass plant. I have found concrete bunkers on the south side of the...
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Gary,I'm sorry, I cannot now do so. Consider an interlibrary loan, arranged at your local library.Tom
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My mother & uncle grew-up less than a mile from the glass plant near Jeannette.My uncle, who enjoyed photographing the PRR in the area, recalls no track-pans in this location, as-of the mid/late...
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While there may well not have been track pans near Grapeville, there were PRR water facilities. In particular, there is a small lake/pond between US30 and the tracks (no, not the one with the...
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Although the grade between Radebaugh and Jeannette has some slight variation, it averages about 1% against eastbound trains. Other than an expansion in the number of tracks there was never any...
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I seem to recall seeing a picture of an over-head water bridge, possibly in the West end of Jeannette, along a West-bound left-hand curve, years ago.A friend stores his race-car near that location...
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For those having access to a good library and who are interested in some further reading on the water facilities that Bob wrote about see the following journal articles: The Engineering Record, April...
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BlackDog,You are correct. I checked further and learned that there is a grade between Jeannette and Grapeville which would rule out the possibility of track pans. I do not know what the two concrete...
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In this thread, back in March 2004, I commented that PennDoT was doiung work on the PA 961 underpass a mile or so East of Latrobe.I was down that way a few weeks ago and saw that, indeed, their work...
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