[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Photos

[mrb190]

That's it!  Those are the routes I took.

Pittsburgh Railways route planners......I wonder if they truly knew how well
they planned.  The practice of transferring from one route to another made
perfect sense to us when we took a 77/54 to transfer to a 10 West View....or
from an 88 Frankstown to 71 Negley (to go to Highland Park Zoo).    I imagine a
lot of the route planners took the mills into consideration.

John Swindler wrote:

> Hmmmm.  Sounds like you went outbound 68, then transferred to 55 at Eighth
> and Amity in Homestead?????
>
> My dad's commute to work was inbound 64 from Edgewood to Squirrel Hill, then
> either 60 or 68 to Homestead Works.   Sure beats having to drive a car
> today.
>
> >From: mrb190 <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Photos
> >Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:59:30 -0700
> >
> >
> >I actually drove someone home from work today who lives in Wilmerding, and
> >we
> >came via Homestead High Level, Eighth Avenue thru Homestead, the Rankin
> >bridge,
> >Braddock Avenue thru Rankin and Braddock.  I then realized I was wrong
> >about the
> >locale.
> >
> >Route 64 had these wide open spaces followed by tight streets and tight
> >turns,
> >didn't it?  I never got the chance to ride on the line, but recall seeing
> >it
> >from Route 30 many times as we travelled out to North Versailles by auto.
> >There
> >was this bend that the Rt. 64 carline came down on into East Pittsburgh,
> >that
> >almost reached out to Route 30.   Great carline.  Lots of twists, turns,
> >great
> >industrial scenery.
> >
> >Matt
> >
> >John Swindler wrote:
> >
> > > Not 55, but inbound 64.  Correct general location.
> > >
> > > "Guesstimating" from Gulf highway map, how about an inbound rt. 64 car
> >on
> > > Center Ave. in North Braddock.  Would that be Edgar Thompson in
> >background?.
> > >
> > > >From: mrb190 <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
> > > >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > > >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > > >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Photos
> > > >Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:41:07 -0400
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp152.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Is this route 55 heading inbound after leaving East Pittsburgh heading
> > > >into Braddock?
> > > >
> > > >Matt
> > > >
> > > >Kenneth Josephson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Dave Mewhinney posted more R. Hill photos here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/kjp3.htm#new
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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