Purity of Pittsburgh Railways

[brathke at juno.com]

The "New Yorker's View of the United States" map is still available in
mall book and framing stores.  
It's also been parodied by other U.S. cities over the years.

As for other things I saw in Denver...I did some ongoing invesitgation
into the history of Denver Union 
Station.  The station building exists pretty much as it was pre-Amtrak,
and six of its tracks - plus a bus lane - are still in use.  I'd be happy
to share the results of my research with anyone off-line.

Bob 5/16

-----------------------------------------------------------------

On Tue, 16 May 2000 20:52:12 -0400 "Fred W. Schneider III"
<fschnei at supernet.com> writes:
> 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.

________________________________________________________________
YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
Juno now offers FREE Internet Access!
Try it today - there's no risk!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.