Using the post and discussion about the Pitcairn Yard as a starting point,I am looking for information about Pennsy car shops that existed about 5 miles to the east. There were the coal towns of Shafton,Biddle,and Westmoreland City along the Mainline. Growing up there,I remember talk of the car shops. They would have been located under the Turnpike bridge,between Shafton and Biddle, probably stretching to the east where they would have met a large coal mine operated by Westmoreland Coal Co. with it's huge smokestack. (which came down in the 70"s) Growing up in the 50's, the mine and shops were already closed and in ruins with little trace of the car shops. I have always wondered about these shops,especially since we always played there.
I have never been able to find information about these shops. Perhaps someone can add some information about them.
Could it be that they were not a part of the PRR?
Norm
