Sewickley -- Neville Island Service

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	I have quoted from your books on the PCCs so many times, Fred, that I
didn't bother to mention them because they are a given.  Thru Scholes or
another photo source, I do have one or two other photos of the cars on
NEVILLE ISLAND (I think it is 1552 with that specific sign as well) but
would like to see more, obviously, as well as some on the Sewickley
side.  If I remember correctly, I think there was a shot of a Sewickley
car in the recent TGM West End tape.

Fred Schneider wrote:
> 
> Those pictures were the only ones I ever saw on Neville Island except for
> two PRC official photos of a track brake test on a yellow car in the 1930s.
> 
>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From:   HRBran99 at AOL.COM [mailto:HRBran99 at AOL.COM]
>                 Sent:   Monday, February 28, 2000 10:23 AM
>                 To:     pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>                 Subject:        Re: Sewickley  --  Neville  Island  Service
> 
>                 In a message dated 02/28/2000 5:24:53 AM Eastern Standard
> Time,
>                 pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:
> 
>                 << Do any photos exist of cars in service on Neville Island
> and outbound
>                  of that on the Sewickley line? >>
> 
>                 PCC-From Coast to Coast shows car 1550, outbound on Neville
> Island, signed up
>                 for rt. 23. The caption reads, "The line to Sewickley
> boasted much
>                 uncongested track, such as this stretch of right-of-way on
> Neville Island in
>                 the Ohio River. This was one of the latter lines to receive
> modern cars; the
>                 1500s were the first to be assigned." This is on page 171.
> 
>                 Again on, page 174, is a photo of car 1795 at Sewickley
> Loop. The caption
>                 reads, "...........Car 1795, only weeks after entering
> service, rests 12
>                 miles from downtown at the Sewickley, Pa., loop. The rail
> was later removed
>                 and became the present Drake Loop."
> 
>                 HrB

James B. Holland
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