The Latest R. Hill Shots on Dave's

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Mon Jul 17 22:57:12 EDT 2000


On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, John Swindler wrote:

> I remember the single track as sort of a lazy "S" curve to avoid two sharp 
> right angle curves.  But that was almost 35 years ago on Sunday/Holiday pass 
> trips.  The other recollection is that terrain on Talbot St. was flat, not 
> as appears to be the case in R. Hill photo.

Talbot, like Braddock from the bottom of the Rankin Bridge ramp, is on the
flood plain that is downtown Braddock: yes, it's quite flat, but not
literally flat

-D





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