Purity of Pittsburgh Railways

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings to Bob

I enjoyed reading your Denver notes and the comments
about out of state visits.

FYI: See my report on transit opening dates that I
am sending you.  Denver is still scheduled for July 14.

Harold Geissenheimer

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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