[PRCo] Re: 46--line vs 49--line

[Jim Holland]

> John Swindler wrote:

> Unfortunately, Bill's trip was too late for West Penn's Trafford-Larimer
> connection.  That was one of my favorite HL issues.  Was there ever a
> proposal to construct a Brownsville-Charleroi link????

	Certainly in fantasy, but nothing beyond that  --  that I am aware of,
at least!!

> John Swindler wrote:

> As for the 'ballon route', Bill Vigrass wrote an account of such a trip
> for Headlights about 15 years ago.

>> From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>

>>       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