In 1935, Pittsburgh was still a city of “sweat and gold,” smoky and burgeoning with economic activity.
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Pitt Stadium was completed in 1925, and on Sept. 26 of that year, Pitt christened the concrete bowl with a 26-0 victory over Washington and Lee.
The rail cars were from the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railroad, an ill-fated venture by George Jay Gould to compete with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh.
This unoccupied luxury car had been parked on a section of the wharf that had no barrier to keep vehicles from rolling into the Monongahela River.