[PRCo] Re: more roamings: Clarksburg, WV

[Fred W. Schneider III]

The astonishing thing here ... I've made as many trips to Marietta in
the last few years as I did in an equal period when my grandparents were
still alive.  And you know something, it is still a pretty nice looking
place to live.  

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> 
> Or Sunday-Monday-Tuesday, or the like.  Beverly is not a great consumer of
> time...it's out and back on a fairly fast road.  There are two stations of
> note along the way, including the one at the end of the line.  I just did
> this one in April, so it's fresh!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> W. Schneider III
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:34 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: more roamings: Clarksburg, WV
> 
> But Parkersburg AND Marietta city routes added to the interurban means
> that Parkersburg - Marietta - Beverly (yes Marietta was in the middle of
> the line, not the end), makes for a full day if not more.
> 
> Can we consider an O'Dark-30 departure from Washington for Fairmount,
> put one to two days on that, then drive over to Parkersburg or Marietta
> for the night, and put in a full day there, then come home?  Sounds like
> Friday-Saturday-Sunday?
> 
> "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> >
> > Just Fairmont-Clarksburg-Weston, if you include the odd little branches,
> is
> > a lot for a day.  Remember also that there is about three hours of dead
> time
> > getting there and back.  Morgantown is half a day, and
> Parkersburg-Marietta
> > is another half day, at least, and these are without the travel times
> > factored in.
> >
> > Been, there, done these!
> >
> > Ed
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> > Derrick J Brashear
> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 12:43 PM
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: more roamings: Clarksburg, WV
> >
> > On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I've mapped this system, but don't have photo coverage comparable to
> what
> > I
> > > have for West Penn.
> >
> > That would be hard;-)
> >
> > > It's a tough one to do in one day, especially after
> > > both the vegetation and the daylight go away in the fall, but most of it
> > can
> > > be done.
> >
> > Just the Fairmont-Clarksburg system, or are you also including Morgantown
> > and Parkersburg-Marietta? (Obviously I haven't looked very hard yet, so I
> > have no idea.)
> >
> > > Let me know when!
> >
> > Uh, you're the guy with the knowledge, you let us know.
> >
> > Aside from Sweden (8/13-8/21) and San Diego (9/1-9/8, it looks like) I'm
> > more or less always around. Except when I wander off to West Virginia or
> > something.
> >
> > -D