Restructuring the list (Was: digital topo maps ....)

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

Altoona & west (& northwest) should probably be one list.  Then there's
Wheeling, etc, and Fairmont, etc.  And then Youngstown!  And it never ends!
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Galt <GaltFD at compuserve.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 4:27 AM
Subject: Restructuring the list (Was: digital topo maps ....)


> >> Perhaps I should revamp the whole system and come up with a better
> organization scheme for the lists?
>
> A PA traction list is too all-encompassing? <<
>
> Here's my ten cents' worth:
>
> There is so much duplication of membership in your three lists, and so
much
> opportunity for cross-pollination, that I'd like to see them merged into
> one. And if that were to expand to include the Butler lines, perhaps
Beaver
> County, Okay by me. After all, the West Penn empire extended into Ohio,
and
> Marietta is a lot farther from Pittsburgh than is Beaver Falls.
>
> I shouldn't think that Ed would object, since most of this is up his alley
> as well.
>
> Altoona? Maybe.
>
> Harrisburg? Wellll...... Then you would have to include Cumberland County,
> and of course Chambersburg. And how could you deal with Harrisburg and
> exclude Hershey Transit ... and Conestoga Traction? And that puts you at
> the gates of Chester County and within hailing distance of the Red Arrow.
> Perhaps better to stop at Cambria County and stay in Ohio River drainage.
>
> IMHO, of course.        ;-)
>
> D2
>