South Hills Junction Updated

[Carl Zager]

Thanks, John. Good information.


On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, John F Bromley wrote:

> Re: 1630
> 
> Pittsburgh Railways had 102 cars with roof fans, the 1700s (100), 1600 (1)
> and 1630 (1).  Whether you can see the numbers or not it is 1630, not 1620
> or any other 1600, simply because the other 101 cars with roof fans had the
> postwar body.  Look it up.  1630.  Period.
> 
> John Bromley
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Zager" <czager at bloomington.in.us>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: South Hills Junction Updated
> 
> 
> > I enhanced a portion of the photo John refers to, but my tools, my skills,
> > and my eyes may not be as good as John's. The car in question is signed 73
> > Highland. At first (at full size on Robert's page) I looked carefully at
> > the "16xy." Even at that resolution the "y" is a "0," so we are now
> > "solving for x."
> >
> > "It sure looks like a '2,'" the guy who thought he rode a low-floor outta
> > SHJ in 1962 said to himself. So I grabbed it and blew up that section (By
> > the way, I DID NOT KEEP a copy. That photo belongs to someone other than
> > me.) At 2:1 and 3:1, "x" looks like a "3." At 4:1, it looks like a "2."
> >
> > So, 16xy is either 1630 or 1620. John has historical info on the 1630. Is
> > it possible it is 1620?
> >
> > :: Carl
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, John F Bromley wrote:
> >
> > > I was justt browsing your wewbsite, following the offered link, and have
> the
> > > flollowing to note on a coiuyple of your photos in the roster links.
> > >
> > > On the 1600 link the second photo is not 1600 but 1630, apparenmtly in
> front
> > > of Highland Park CH (you asked for more data).  The roof monitor was
> > > removed, I think about 1960-61 but I'm prepared to be corrected, when it
> > > received a small cowling from a 1000 or 1100 series to run out its days
> > > looking like one of those series cars.
> > >
> > > On the 4200 series photo link, you have a question mark on 4388.  The
> last
> > > number appears to me to be a 9, probbly 4389 or 4399.  I don't know the
> > > scrapping dates for those cars, but if they lasted until that photo was
> > > taken it's one of them.
> > >
> > > John F Bromley
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dietrich, Robert J." <bob.dietrich at unisys.com>
> > > To: <trolley at railspot.com>; <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:06 PM
> > > Subject: South Hills Junction Updated
> > >
> > >
> > > > To all of you who expressed interest I've finally updated the module
> > > > progress with words and a picture.  Go straight to the update by
> clicking
> > > > this -- http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/module.htm#Nov27
> > > >
> > > > I'm embarrassed because I kept putting off updating the web thinking
> it
> > > > would take a long time.  When I sat down to do it I found there was
> little
> > > > to say about the progress.  I did, though, finalize the track plan -
> only
> > > > because the track laying has been completed, nothing changes now.
> > > >
> > > > I also made some changes to the picture pages, like correct the
> spelling
> > > of
> > > > names in the credits.
> > > >
> > > > If you haven't been to the site before here is the home page --
> > > > http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/default.htm.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and enjoy.
> > > >
> > > > Bob Dietrich
> > >
> >
> >  Carl Zager KB9RVB
> >  czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager
> >
> >
> 

 Carl Zager						KB9RVB
 czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager