[PRCo] Re: Beeses vs Trolleycars

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, John Swindler wrote:

> Probably should have been, but don't remember any.
> 
> Going outbound, 56 cars crossed the 'rickety' (for lack of a better term) 
> Glenwood bridge, then a stretch of PRW (with crossover for double end short 
> turns??????) next to a factory building, into street and under B&O, then 
> think it was in center of Mifflin Road for maybe half mile before becoming 
> double track prw on east side of Mifflin Road to Interboro Ave.  Near 
> Interboro it wandered couple hundred feet away from Mifflin Road.  I don't 
> recall any bridges over the creek, but was only about 14 at the time.  A 
> more recent road map implies that Mifflin Road now goes over, rather then 
> under the B&O.


The interchange from the bridge, if you call that Mifflin, goes over. Ramp
Street, which comes off Streets Run Rd and goes up to rejoin Mifflin by
Hays School, goes under.

> The Sunday/Holiday pass was good training in one's youth for amazing the 
> uninitiated nowadays in one's ability to navigate public transit.  Still 
> seems to amaze my wife when I provide transit directions to strangers during 
> our travels. (most recently happened in Toronto).

I managed to do that on the Shaker line once when travelling into
Cleveland with Gary Dillon. He was amused.

-D