[From nobody Mon Jan 14 08:18:03 2013 Received: from mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by storefull-612.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <shadow+bounces@dementia.org> Received: from alycia.dementia.org (ALYCIA.DEMENTIA.ORG [128.2.35.149]) by mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id JAA16937; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:21:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) id MAA09064 for pittsburgh-railways-outgoing; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 12:20:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from boombox.andrew.cmu.edu (VPN-100-237.CC.CMU.EDU [128.2.100.237]) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA09060 for <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 12:20:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by boombox.andrew.cmu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA22482 for <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 12:17:47 -0400 Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 12:17:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> X-Sender: shadow@boombox.andrew.cmu.edu To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Subject: Some photos along the Brownsville route In-Reply-To: <NDBBIOKINLEKLIJCOKHAIEHPCEAA.twg@pulsenet.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96L.1000709120911.10274c-100000@boombox.andrew.cmu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Ed was so kind as to send along 6 rare photos along the West Penn route to Brownsville; You can find all 6 at: http://trolley.dementia.org/westpenn/ Here are the captions, if you're curious: Installation of crossing at Allison, February 13, 1909 (Monongahela Railway photos in collection of David E. Gratz) Approximate same view on February 24, 1933 (Monongahela Railway photos in collection of David E. Gratz) Construction of siding into Allison, view north toward Davidson, Feb. 09 (Monongahela Railway photos in collection of David E. Gratz) Davidson Viaduct, view to east, winter 1907-08 (Monongahela Railway photos in collection of David E. Gratz) Glencoe Viaduct, view to east, winter 1907-08 (Monongahela Railway photos in collection of David E. Gratz) Outbound car on Four Mile Run Viaduct; Cardale in background (Collection of A. M. Densmore) These are interesting shots, check them out! (Thanks, Ed!) -D ]