Yards, Shops and Carhouse Pictures

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Second one definitely Craft.  Bottom one could well be Rankin ... in later years,
Homewood Shops and Rankin were the only two sites with traversers.

Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> > mrb190 wrote:
>
> > What car houses are these?
>
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp041.htm
>
>         Craft.
>
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp027.htm
> > (Craft?)
>         Probably
>
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp012.htm
> > (I'd guess Rankin, but am not sure.)
>
>         Probably.
>
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp015.htm
> > (wow-lots of Frankstown & Stadium/Forbes Field destination signs -probably Craft?
> > Homewood?  Incidentally, WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE ROUTE THAT THE "STADIUM/FORBES FIELD"
> > FOLLOWED?)
>
>         The official *Pittsburgh Railways Transit Guide* does not list this as
> a route.  It *could* have been a shuttle to and from downtown but could
> theoretically originate anywhere in the city TO the stadium and could be
> dispatched TO anywhere following the event at the Stadium.
>         Ed had indicated that at one time County Fair Trippers originated all
> over the city and went direct to West Library (but I wonder about how
> all the operators were trained for the single-track running on
> Overbrook).  The same could be done for Stadium runs.
>
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp017.htm
> > (Keating?   South Hills?)
>
>         South Hills.
>
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp013.htm
> > (Craft, I would imagine, but what's happening here?  Is this after 1967?)
>
>         Craft.  The foreground looks like pole replacement / removal - the
> background looks like track repair / removal.
>
> James B. Holland
>
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