Ah, to be riding on a single track line in a winter wonderland! I didn't do this often enough. Thanks for the nice photos Bob! -- "Bob Rathke" wrote: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I lived in Bethel Park in the 1970's, I commuted to/from downtown = every day on the 36-Drake trolley. I lived about 1/2-mile from the = Brookside stop, and somehow I survived walking on the shoulder of the = roads in all kinds of weather (I carried a reflective board in my = briefcase which I would hold as I walked facing traffic). I also carried a camera. Attached are a couple of photos that I took at = 5:30 PM (well past sunset) on January 8, 1976 after I got off an = outbound trolley at Brookside. The view with the signal light is = looking north toward the passing siding and Ft. Couch Road; the other = view is looking south toward Drake. No trolley is visible in the photos, but the views are still = interesting. Anyway, I took plenty of photos of trolleys at this = location over the years. Bob 2/18/06 -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below -- -- Type: image/jpeg -- Size: 36k (37462 bytes) -- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/DrakeBrooksideNorth010876.JPG -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below -- -- Type: image/jpeg -- Size: 37k (38560 bytes) -- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/DrakeBrooksideSouth010876.JPG