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<DIV><FONT size=4>Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The sly point in all this was that it is Middletown’s airport
by code, not Harrisburg’s. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Harrisburg must have had an airport before they got MDT, but I
think it may have been before the codes were assigned as HBG is assigned to
Hattiesburg, Miss. I find it hard to believe that the latter beat Harrisburg to
the punch in having a commercial airport.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Even more fun can be had with asking the question about
Cincinnati--------------------------</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=trams2@comcast.net
href="mailto:trams2@comcast.net">Edward H. Lybarger</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 26 April, 2014 08:37</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">'Western PA Trolley
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley
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Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) was the former Olmstead Air<BR>Force Base
near Middletown. Again, your tax dollars at play.<BR><BR>-----Original
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pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org<BR>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org]
On Behalf Of<BR>Dwight Long<BR>Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:07 PM<BR>To:
Western PA Trolley discussion<BR>Subject: Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT
trolley lines<BR><BR><BR>Fred<BR><BR>I don't have a clue about the men in
Hershey, unless they consumed too much<BR>of the local product.<BR><BR>The women
in Hummelstown are perplexed because the last flood, supposedly a<BR>500 year
episode, washed out the local railway bridge and they have been cut<BR>off from
Middletown for a couple of years. But not to worry, your Govt to<BR>the
rescue-the bridge is undergoing (maybe it is finished by now) a<BR>multi-million
dollar repair and the fair maidens will lament no more.<BR><BR>I just came back
from a train trip that went over a similarly Govt funded,<BR>restored bridge-in
White Deer, Pa., but the expenditure was only a paltry<BR>million
USD.<BR><BR>Your tax dollars at work. Although I must admit I can think of
far worse<BR>uses for them.<BR><BR>BTW, if one flies into Harrisburg (on
commercial service), whose airport is<BR>used?<BR><BR>Dwight<BR><BR>From: Fred
Schneider<BR>Sent: Thursday, 24 April, 2014 21:07<BR>To: Western PA Trolley
discussion<BR>Subject: Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley lines<BR>The
men in Hershey and women in Hummelstown is perplexing.
Why?<BR><BR>Older versus younger might represent a change in how some state or
federal<BR>government agencies awarded parking spaces. <BR><BR><BR><BR>On
Apr 24, 2014, at 6:58 PM, John Swindler wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
When I first started riding the 7:20 am Hershey bus to Harrisburg
around<BR>2000, ridership never exceeded 6 during first year, and occasionally I
was<BR>the only rider. After 5-6 years, a 40 foot bus was assigned when
ridership<BR>routinely exceeded 20. By 2010, a third bus was added to the
schedule to<BR>alleviate overcrowding.<BR>> <BR>> About the only constant
for a dozen years was that I rode this bus. There<BR>was constant change
in the ridership. For a few years it was mostly women.<BR>Then for a few
years mostly men. Then switched back to women. At the end,<BR>men
tended to board in Hershey, while the women boarded in Hummelstown.<BR>Even the
age of riders fluctuated. Older riders in early years. A lot
of<BR>young people at the end. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:26:03 -0400<BR>>> From:
shadow@dementix.org<BR>>> To:
pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65
- Last day for PAT trolley lines<BR>>> <BR>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014
at 5:44 PM, Fred Schneider<BR><fwschneider@comcast.net>wrote:<BR>>>
<BR>>>> Unduplicated route miles in Toronto after the Bloor subway
opened might<BR>>>> have been around 40ish. At that time
Pittsburgh was still running to<BR>>>> McKeesport, Drake, Library, West
View. Millvale and the West End <BR>>>> One of my favorite
examples is a comparison of two almost identical<BR>cities .<BR>>>>
Harrisburg, Pa. and Victoria, BC. Both have populations on the
same<BR>order<BR>>>> of magnitude but the Canadian city has ten times
more bus riders <BR>>>> than the Pennsylvania city . 150,000 on a
weekday in Victoria versus<BR>15,000 in<BR>>>> Harrisburg.
You stand on the main streets in downtown Victoria in the<BR>>>> rush
hour and you see buses swallowing up crowds of people. I did
that<BR>in<BR>>>> 2007. Harrisburg? Why would I humble
myself to ride a bus? I own a<BR>car.<BR>>>>
<BR>>>> <BR>>> Why would I do either? my bike certainly took me
from Camp Hill to <BR>>> the Eisenhower Interchange and back easily enough
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