October in the PA Trolley museum

Vigrass, Bill billvigrass at hillintl.com
Wed Oct 6 11:26:25 EDT 1999


I dunno about what train service there was.  We had planned to take a
Llincoln Transit bus from Trafford to Irwin, but we missed it (it did not
run very often) so took a cab.  With three of us, it wasn't much per person,
except that at that point in our lives, we didn't earn much, so anything
more than a few dollars was a burden.  West Penn cars still went to Larimer
on some trips, but for the trip we connected with, we got a car that ended
its trip in Irwin.  It was a 280-290 type car, as I recall. What RR service
might there have been, PRR?  Bill.

> ----------
> From: 	Derrick J Brashear[SMTP:shadow at dementia.org]
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> Sent: 	Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:18 AM
> To: 	'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'
> Subject: 	RE: October in the PA Trolley museum
> 
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Vigrass, Bill wrote:
> 
> > Signs: Evidently PRC never used a "Roscoe" sign.  Therefore cars did go
> to
> > Charleroi in both directions.  How bout that?  I had a luxurious dinner
> at
> > Downes Deli on my Greate Circle Trip -- crackers with peanut butter I
> 
> Since you brought up the Great Circle Trip....
> 
> You used the Pennsy to connect from Brownsville to Roscoe, but took a cab
> (and grumbled of the price) from Trafford to Irwin. Was there no
> convenient train service (if you remember the whys at this point, since,
> well, that was a while ago)
> 
> -D
> 
> 



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