<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="font-size: 26px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; ">"Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services" --- amazing, Dwight, what is in Wiki. But Ed's personal library of airline literature is larger than many railfans have on trolleys so I would expect he would know. </span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Dwight Long wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>Ed<br><br>Another loss thru the merger, or acquisition, whichever you wish to call it, is US Scare dropping out of the Star Alliance. That relegates the combined carrier to a “use only when there are no reasonable alternatives” category for me.”<br><br>Don’t know if this is still valid, but a couple of years ago there were three large airlines with investment grade ratings: Southwest, Lufthansa, and Qantas. But perhaps you meant US-headquartered airlines, in which case you were correct.<br><br>Trivia question for the List: How many know what Qantas stands for (I’m sure you do).<br><br>Dwight<br><br>From: Edward H. Lybarger <br>Sent: Monday, 01 September, 2014 10:32<br>To: 'Western PA Trolley discussion' <br>Subject: Re: [PRCo] Isaly's -- Then & Now<br>Actually American Airlines does still exist, emerging from bankruptcy as<br>American Airlines Group and simultaneously merging with U S Airways with the<br>latter's management in charge. It was one of very few bankruptcies in which<br>shareholders received anything...and the stock has done rather well since<br>the combination.<br><br>That said, having the US Scare management running things is not particularly<br>good for the customer. Legroom is being reduced, fees are being increased,<br>and services are being limited. Unless, of course, you pay extra for things<br>like flat-recline seats on transcontinental services, extra legroom, and<br>aisle or window seats. Mr. Parker and his merry band believe in<br>nickeling-and-diming, for sure. And not always giving much in return,<br>except the ride. I recall one America West flight out of Phoenix that had<br>mold growing out of the air conditioning vents above the windows. America<br>West is Mr. Parker's outfit that took U S Air out of its final bankruptcy<br>and kept its name, just as he did with American. At least American is<br>buying new airplanes to replace the DC-9-80s.<br><br>Southwest is still the only airline that is considered to be investment<br>grade.<br><br>Ed<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org">pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org</a><br>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of<br>Dwight Long<br>Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:27 PM<br>To: Western PA Trolley discussion<br>Subject: Re: [PRCo] Isaly's -- Then & Now<br><br><br>Hey, I read Brian Butko's book on the company, and that is what I recalled<br>as well. But there is, per Herb, a store in West View (any others???) that<br>apparently is maintaining the old traditions in a satisfactory manner. <br><br>American Airlines does not exist anymore either-but US Scare bought the name<br>and is going to use it in preference to their own.<br><br>When D&RGW bought Southern Pacific, Anschutz elected to use the better known<br>(maybe!!!) SP name and so renamed the surviving company that.<br><br>It happens all the time. The key is whether the person or company using the<br>old name is maintaining the old standards, traditions, etc. Herb's report<br>suggests the one in West View (is it an individual outfit or part of a<br>chain?) is doing so.<br><br>Dwight<br><br>From: Fred Schneider<br>Sent: Saturday, 30 August, 2014 20:35<br>To: Western PA Trolley discussion<br>Subject: Re: [PRCo] Isaly's -- Then & Now<br>Isaly's does not exist. The family sold the name. Read this:<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaly's">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaly's</a><br><br><br><br>On Aug 30, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Dwight Long wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Amazing. I did not know any still existed. We had one in my home town of<br></blockquote>Beaver-it's long gone. My last memory of Isaly's was eating lunch at the<br>one in Homestead in the very last year of the trams in that town.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I will be in the area in a couple of weeks, but will be at Arden on Friday<br></blockquote>and Beaver/Newell, W.Va. on Saturday. Do you know of any that are open down<br>that way? I doubt I would have time to go to West View although I agree it<br>would be a pleasant return to yesteryear.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dwight<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Herb Brannon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent: Saturday, 30 August, 2014 12:33<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Western PA Trolley discussion<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: [PRCo] Isaly's -- Then & Now<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When I was growing up a big treat was to go to the Isaly's store near <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">our house. One of my many favorites from them was a vanilla milkshake. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">They knew how to make them. One "perk" of going to get one at Isaly's <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">was that all of the milkshake would never fit into the paper <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"take-out" cup. It was always the policy at our neighborhood Isaly's <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that the clerk would pour the excess into a glass and tell me to finish it<br></blockquote>off. A real treat back then.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I now work for Allegheny County on Perrysville Avenue. For lunch, last <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tuesday, I decided to go to the Isaly's on Perry Highway near Center <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Avenue in West View. It was close, I could get the chip-chop sandwich <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and a vanilla milkshake to go and still have time to finish it back at <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the workplace. So I ordered and they began frying the chip-chop and <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the milkshake machine sprang to life making that familiar high pitched <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">buzzing sound. I was looking at the scores of photographs on the wall <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of this Isaly's of old West View Park, the PRCo streetcars and other <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">things when the lady at the counter called me over. She said, "Here <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">drink this up, it all won't fit into the take out cup". It was deja vu,<br></blockquote>all over again.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">This Isaly's is very much worth going to. Still the same outside <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">storefront and still the same counter with round stools and the same <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">booths on the opposite side of the store. Same food cases with Isaly's <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">meat and cheese products and really great photos on the walls. Well <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">worth going to West View to see and enjoy.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Also, much to my surprise, is much of the original PRCo/PATransit <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Route 10-West View trolley tracks are still hanging around. The place <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">where the cars left Perrysville Avenue, past Bascombe Street, is still <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">there with the rails embedded in cobblestone. Much of the north end of <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that section of private-right-of-way for the 10 and 11 was taken with <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the construction of the Parkway North, aka I-279. Then, just past Ross <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Bus Garage the side-of-the-road tracks can be seen gleaming in the sun <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">just even with the grass growing around them. This goes on all the way <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to Center Avenue. 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