[PRCo] Re: 46--line vs 49--line
Jim Holland
pghpcc at pacbell.net
Mon Jun 11 17:23:46 EDT 2001
> John Swindler wrote:
> As for the 'ballon route', Bill Vigrass wrote an account of such a trip for
> Headlights about 15 years ago.
YES -- this has been discussed in great detail here. BUT the trip
was not completely by trolleycar and that is what I was mentioning --
the Only Link missing was from Roscoe to Brownsville by trolleycar --
PRCo and WP had a connection at Trafford.
>>> tsquare at toad.net wrote:
>>> To quote my brother when he first saw the 46-BROWNSVILLE
>>> destination sign: "Sheez, I thought West Penn went to
>>> Brownsville!" Oh, well, what did he know!
>> From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>> That is the only piece missing which prevented WP--PRCo
>> from offering a "Balloon--Route" --
>> Pittsburgh, Charleroi, Roscoe,
>> <<California, Brownsville,>>
>> Uniontown, Connellsville, Scottdale,
>> Greensburg, Irwin, Trafford, Ardmore,
>> East--Liberty, Pittsburgh!!
--
James B. Holland
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