West Penn 722

[Edward H. Lybarger]

739 was indeed the Faywest.  It sat for years outside Jeannette, up on the
hill a mile or so beyond Oakford Park, as a residence.  A more modern
facility was installed somewhere, rendering the original equipment
superfluous.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Derrick J
Brashear
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:18 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: West Penn 722


On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Jim Holland wrote:

> 	Cheeze whiz!  Wouldn't want to hazard a guess at the median price of a
> house there  --  over $500,000.00 probably (that's what they are selling
> for in my area - 2-bedroom, basement ground-level, houses touch on two
> sides, war-time construction, no insulation (latter not really needed
> but it is disconcerting listening to the neighbor chomp on meals!))
> Supposedly, our real estate market, after jumping 20% in the last year,
> has gone totally flat - sales dropped precipitously and prices leveled
> off - confusing the economic experts!

My Silly Valley friends all tell me houses about the size of mine in
footprint, on a similar lot, are going for well over 500k, and the prices
haven't stabilized there. I realize that's a bit south of you, of course.
(Mine is a 1920s vintage brick and siding 2.5 story on a lot in the second
addition to Trafford, which makes it 4 blocks "up the hill" from the
nearest the rails ever got... cost me $52.5k in 1995)

> 	I knew they had the two but forget which one came first.  And knew that
> one was in not-so-nice shape.  And understood that one would
> *donate-organs* to the other.  But a latrine (as in Ed's post?!?!::>>))
> I know, it was a part of the historical car and needs to be there for
> that purpose.  Hope the lines to the throne aren't too long on each trip
> at PTM!!::>>)))!!

739 was the Fay-West, right? Was its throne missing because it was
outfitted differently?

Sadly I don't know much about the interiors of thw West Penn cars.

-D