A more than 2-mile stretch of rail line passing through Penn Hills and Verona is set to quiet down.
In the coming months, Allegheny Valley Railroad will pull up track from its soon-to-be abandoned Brilliant Branch and use it along part of the Allegheny Subdivision, which follows the south bank of the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh’s Strip District to Arnold.
State officials said the welded rail coming from the Brilliant Branch produces less noise while improving efficiency and safety…