[PRR-talk] Foxburg, PA

[Donald Harper]

In the wine outlet at Foxburg, PA, on the east side of the Allegheny River, is a photo of a PRR engine, probably a 4-4-0, at the Foxburg Station.  In the background is a bridge.  That bridge is a double deck bridge, with a one-lane vehicle bridge on the lower deck and the upper deck carried the B&O, which ran north on the west side of the river, across the river, over the PRR tracks, and then northward more or less paralleling the PRR.  You can follow the railroad lines on the TerraServer map:  terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=17&X=763&Y=5693&W=1&qs=%7cFoxburg%7cPA++%7c

The bridge is still there, but not for long.  A new 2-lane vehicle bridge is being built just north of the double deck bridge.  The double deck bridge will be blown up on or around 19 July.  So anyone interested in getting photos ought to do it pretty quick.

Don Harper