. Information for employes and the public; being a series of leaflets issued ... by the Pennsylvania railroad system in the interest of improved service, increased efficiency, and a better understanding by employes and the public of railroad problems . orough of Wil-kinsburg, Pa. This was done by elevating the five-track Main Line through the town. The work consumedthree and one-half years time and was unusually difficult on account of the extremely heavy traffic which had tobe taken care of, without interruption, during the change. Its successful completion has %von for the PennsylvaniaRailro
. Information for employes and the public; being a series of leaflets issued ... by the Pennsylvania railroad system in the interest of improved service, increased efficiency, and a better understanding by employes and the public of railroad problems . orough of Wil-kinsburg, Pa. This was done by elevating the five-track Main Line through the town. The work consumedthree and one-half years time and was unusually difficult on account of the extremely heavy traffic which had tobe taken care of, without interruption, during the change. Its successful completion has %von for the PennsylvaniaRailroad the sincere friendship of the 23,000 people who make their homes in Wilkinsburg. The borough of Wilkinsburg, Pa,, a suburban town of prosper-ous homes near Pittsburgh, is just settHng down to every-day lifeagain after what was, in all probability, the most remarkable three-day celebration ever recorded in American civic history. The cause of the rejoicing was the com- transformed the appearance of the whole pletion, by the Pennsylvania Railroad, of center of the town and gave the borough a improvements which eliminated everyone modern $200,000 station, which is now its of the five grade crossings in Wilkinsburg, chief architectural AMPLE SHELTER FROM WEATHER Some details of the new model umbrella roof,which protects passengers on the platforms of theWilkinsburg station from sun and rain, are hereshown. At intervals, enclosures are provided giv-ing more complete shelter in severe weather. ONE OF THE 1000-FOOT PLATFORMS Immense platforms, 1000 feet in length, areimportant features of the new Wilkinsburg are of the raised type, level with the floors ofthe cars, such as have been adopted in other of thenewer stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad System. The has virtually made Wilkins-burg anew. To accomplish it, the Rail-road raised the five tracks of its Main Lineand placed them upon a massive stoneand concrete elevated structure throughthe town.
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