Purity of Pittsburgh Railways

[Fred W. Schneider III]

There was a wonderful cover on the New Yorker magazine maybe 20 years back
... sorry I didn't frame it.  It was entitled "A New Yorker's View of the
World."  It showed an aerial view of Manhattan Island, starting at Avenue A
in the foregound and ending with 10th Ave in the distance.  And beyond the
Hudson River were two places that the denizens of the city knew were
somewhere beyond the river ... Miami Beach and California.   I think one
could do the same thing with most San Franciscans who have trouble
understanding that there is anything else of the Oakland and Berkeley Hills.
So I absolutely loved your tongue in cheek comparisons of Denver to
Pittsburgh.

Now tell me about what else you saw in Denver....

brathke at juno.com wrote:

> After reading these exchanges, I hesitated making some comments on my
> trip to Denver last week, but here goes. I'll go out of my way to relate
> my observations to Pittsburgh topics:
>
> 1. I noted that LRV street turnouts in Denver are railroad-style - both
> points move (there recently were some questions on the Pittsburgh list
> about trolley track turnouts).
>
> 2. Roof headlights on the Denver cars look a LOT like the roof headlights
> on PRC 1700 interurban cars.  Does some transit component supplier still
> have the mold from the 1949 headlights???
>
> 3. Denver streets feature "stealth" catenary poles and rigging - about
> 1/10th as visible as PAT's industrial-strength catenary supports.
>
> 4. The Colorado RR Museum in Golden has a fantastic book store, including
> trolley and out-of-print titles; they'll send you a catalog of the books
> they have.  I bought a copy of Harold Smith's 1992 book, "Touring
> Pittsburgh by Trolley".
>
> Now I must congratulate myself on how I related these Colorado items to
> Pittsburgh!
>
> Bob 5/16
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2000 16:50:07 -0400 (EDT) SaturnV at webtv.net (Bob Schmidt)
> writes:
> > WOW!  Does this mean that those of us on the list who may have
> > vacationed outside the State, and who have traction-related
> > information
> > or a nice story to share cannot, because of location relevancy?
> >
> > I've not seen too much "outside" material since I've been on the
> > list,
> > and only when references were made for identifying with local
> > equipment
> > for the sake of comparison.
> >
> > Fred Schneider's material reads like a travelog which I find
> > entertaining. It's pleasure, not business, and a nice break from
> > some of
> > the ongoing chatter about local matters. Far as I'm concerned, if
> > you
> > don't like out-of-town material
> > there's a delete key on your hardware. Leave it at that.
> >
> > As a suggestion.....Perhaps it would be appropriate for Derrick B.
> > to
> > post a reminder for those of us on the List re policies of the PRC
> > Chat
> > Site so everyone is on the same page.
> > If worse comes to worse, vote on it. After all, we're a democratic
> > body
> > of enthusiasts, are we not?
> >
> > Bob S.
>
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