<div dir="ltr">I noticed the new thrift store the day after it opened. I drive past it every morning on the way to work. I need to stop in there sometime soon.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:29 PM, D Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org" target="_blank">pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That corner just got a new-as-of-September Salvation Army thrift store. I<br>
was waiting in line the morning it opened.<br>
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On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways <<br>
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> Here's another photo of the Smithfield St. Bridge re-routing I took on<br>
> 10/23/66. Taken at Carson and South 10th Streets looking west toward South<br>
> High Stadium. The trolley is 1637 on route 42/38, heading downtown via the<br>
> 10th St. Bridge. Fred: note the Amoco gas station sign at the far right.<br>
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> From: "Bob Rathke" <<a href="mailto:bobrathke@comcast.net">bobrathke@comcast.net</a>><br>
> To: "Fred Schneider" <<a href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">fwschneider@comcast.net</a>><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 4:51:57 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 -<br>
> Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour<br>
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> Thanks, Fred. I have a few other photos of trolleys/gas stations - I'll<br>
> search for them.<br>
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> From: "Fred Schneider" <<a href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">fwschneider@comcast.net</a>><br>
> To: "Bob Rathke" <<a href="mailto:bobrathke@comcast.net">bobrathke@comcast.net</a>>, "Western PA Trolley discussion"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:46:18 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 -<br>
> Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour<br>
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> Bob:<br>
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> I know that railfans are interested mostly in railways and the other<br>
> things wash off their backs. But I must offer congratulations for you're<br>
> having gotten another piece of old Pittsburgh history into the picture,<br>
> i.e. the Gulf filling station.<br>
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> Without researching it, I could not tell you when it was that it vanished<br>
> as an independent oil company. I only recall that someone tried to buy it<br>
> and Gulf objected. Chevron came charging in on a white horse with Gulf's<br>
> blessing to save it. But Chevron didn't save it. They kept what they<br>
> wanted and sold off the rest. The original name? It came from the Gulf<br>
> of Mexico.<br>
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> fws<br>
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> On Dec 3, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways wrote:<br>
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> > I photographed the Carson St. re-routing on several of those weekends in<br>
> September and October, 1966 - at various locations including South 10th<br>
> St., the Smithfield St. Bridge and 2nd Avenue. Here's one of the slides,<br>
> looking north at Carson and 10th on 10/23/66.<br>
> ><br>
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> > From: "Matthew R via Pittsburgh-railways Barry" <<br>
> <a href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org</a>><br>
> > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion (<br>
> <a href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org</a>)" <<br>
> <a href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org</a>><br>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:40:39 AM<br>
> > Subject: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - Tenth<br>
> Street Bridge Used as Detour<br>
> ><br>
> > Good thing that the Tenth Street Bridge was still streetcar-operational<br>
> in September 1966 when the Smithfield Street Bridge had to be closed for<br>
> "six Sundays." I think one of you had some jpegs of this unique<br>
> operation. Can just imagine taking a 42 Dormont by way of the Tenth Street<br>
> Bridge and back-tracking to the South Hills Trolley Tunnel.<br>
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