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<DIV><FONT size=4>Herb</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>But they greeted the <EM>Morning Steeler</EM> with open
arms?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The competing trains via P&LE/ERIE were only slightly less
offensive to hard core residents of the Forest City—they were called <EM>Steel
Kings.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hrbran@cavtel.net
href="mailto:hrbran@cavtel.net">Herb Brannon</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 11 July, 2013 22:57</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] PRCo Route72</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: inline">Bob,<BR>I'm
surprised that a train with the name, "Afternoon Steeler" was
permitted<BR>inside Cleveland Union Terminal.<BR><BR><BR>On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at
4:52 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke@comcast.net> wrote:<BR><BR>> I watched
the first westbound train to leave Penn St ation on that bridge<BR>> in 1955
- the Afternoon Steeler to Cleveland.<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message
-----<BR>> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider@comcast.net><BR>> To:
"Western PA Trolley discussion" <<BR>>
pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><BR>> Sent: Thursday, July 11,
2013 3:26:38 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Route72<BR>><BR>>
Anyone else would have bought a 4-8-4. Change
that. Anyone else with<BR>> brains would have bought a
diesel. Think of NP, GN, Southern, ACL, SAL,<BR>> ATSF, even
Reading … all those who proved during WW2 how well EMD's product<BR>>
worked.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Dwight Long
wrote:<BR>><BR>> ><BR>> > Bob<BR>> ><BR>> > Done so
that T1 locos would not stall leaving the station westbound.<BR>> The
rigid frame caused the drivers to bind up on the curve, and most<BR>>
westbound trains with T1s had to be assisted by a snapper to get out of
the<BR>> station.<BR>> ><BR>> > Of course before the project was
finished, so were the T1s.<BR>> ><BR>> > Dwight<BR>> ><BR>>
> From: Bob Rathke<BR>> > Sent: Thursday, 11 July, 2013 12:55<BR>>
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion<BR>> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo
Route72<BR>> > That bridge from the PRR station to the 6-track double-deck
bridge over<BR>> the Allegheny River was replaced by the current bridge (with
a more gradual<BR>> curve) in the spring of 1955.<BR>> ><BR>> >
----- Original Message -----<BR>> > From: "Raymond Lattner"
<rlattner@pa.gov><BR>> > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion
(<BR>> pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org)" <<BR>>
pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><BR>> > Sent: Thursday, July
11, 2013 11:22:33 AM<BR>> > Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Route72<BR>>
><BR>> > Attached is a pic of route 72 Bloomfield car. Penn ave.
downtown.<BR>> ><BR>> >> From<BR>>
http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=hpicasc_ci;med=1;q1=AIS.2012.03;size=20;c=hpicasc;back=back1373559754;subview=detail;resnum=322;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=hpicasc;entryid=x-201203.1917.6503;viewid=20130206-HPICASC-0323.TIF#<BR>>
><BR>> > Ray<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >
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