[Fwd: Thanks to Street Railway Photograpghers...]

[John Swindler]

Oh yes, the Pitt Towers.  Ajax, Babbit and Comet according to a high school 
classmate in early 60s whose father taught at Carniege Tech.   Also remember 
a Thanksgiving weekend in 1966, walking through Oakland and a couple other 
East End locations to burn off several rolls of film of the cars in their 
twilight days.  Overcast winter days were not kind to my Kodachrome efforts.


As for the R. Hill photo, this is a tough one.  Turning onto single track 
street in valley location (house in background) with 1500 series (usually 
Craft ave.) during PAT era?????

What does Liberty at 32nd St. look like???  Can't think of anything else.




>From: mrb190 <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [Fwd: Thanks to Street Railway Photograpghers...]
>Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 23:15:36 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>
>.......In short, to all of railway photographers, past and present:  not 
>only have you recorded a terrific piece of streetcar history, but also the 
>surroundings.   I doubt if there are many picture-takers out there today 
>snapping as many pics on Fifth Avenue or Penn Avenue or on some urban 
>neighborhood street of  autos or buses going by. ...............  It's a 
>kick to hear current Pitt students who view the photos in the "Touring 
>Pittsburgh By Trolley" book say:   "The Towers (student housing) are in 
>this picture!  That means you had trolleys running here in the sixties!   
>What happened to them?"    The Towers were apparently pretty new, and I 
>think they are still the newest dorms on campus, so when you view this 
>particular photo in the "Touring..." book, it does seem like the cars were 
>running down Fifth just yesterday.
>
>So, again, THANKS!
>
>And speaking of photographs, can anyone tell me where this Roberta Hill
>shot is located?
>Ken, do you know?
>
>http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/jpg/kjpgh213.jpg
>
>Matt
>

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