<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><DIV>Ah, the days when the white tile walls were covered with black exhaust soot and one out of every three sodium vapor lamps on the ceiling had burned out.</DIV>
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<DIV>The best feature of the Liberty Tunnels was AM radio reception inside the tubes. During the tunnel improvement project in the mid-1970's, Tydings Co., the electronics distributor on Liberty Ave., had the contract to install a new antenna system in the tunnels.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Bob<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Back in the early 60s (before PAT) especially obnoxious if one had to be in the proximity of the rear of a Brentwood Murder Lurch “coal burning” bus!<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dwight<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>From: BobDietrich <BR>Sent: Thursday, 05 September, 2013 08:48<BR>To: 'Western PA Trolley discussion' <BR>Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets<BR>The south portal of the Liberty Tubes was rated so deadly because it was so<BR>detrimental to the health of the guys who had to work there. Can you<BR>imagine breathing the exhaust of all those cars all day on top of the normal<BR>city pollution.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>This reminds me of a stunt I pulled that I'll bet none of you were dumb<BR>enough to do - I rode my bike through the Tubes one day. We'll I think I<BR>walked it most of the way. It was back when they still had a sidewalk about<BR>three feet above the roadway so I was not in the traffic. It still scared<BR>the crap out of me. <BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Bob <BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org<BR>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of<BR>Lattner, Raymond<BR>Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:12 AM<BR>To: Western PA Trolley discussion (pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org)<BR>Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Any to add?<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Roads1930/DeadlyRoads.html<BR>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Ray<BR>
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