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Abandoned by Sherman Cahal
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Union Station once served the Monongahela Railway in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Beyond ticketing booths for the railroad's passenger operations, it held shops and businesses, a restaurant, and offices for both the railroad and the local community. The Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie used the station as well.
Passenger service out of the building ended in 1954. The offices were phased out by 1993, after the Monongahela was merged into Conrail. At one point the deteriorating station was proposed as the centerpiece of a riverfront development with a floating casino, a wharf, and a marina—but riverboat gambling failed to pass, and the plans died with it. The last tenant left 26 years ago.
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Abandoned by Sherman Cahal
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This map made it easy to find the train station. It also shows how US-40 used to use the
Market Street and
Bridge Boulevard Bridges when it went through town. See
Lane Bridge for the current US-40 crossing of the Monongahela River.
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| 1954/55 California Quad @ 24,000 |
Since the Monongahela remained independent until it was shoved into Conrail, I use the label "rrOther" for it. Only the two routes along the river have survived, and NS got both of them when Conrail was broken up. This map also shows both the old and new routings of US-40 through the area.
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