[PRCo] Re: Rails to Pittsburgh

[Jim Holland]

Thanks, Don!

	Bob did say there were some good street scenes showing Pgh. in
general.  This would be interesting to me, in a fashion.

>>> Robert Rathke wrote:::::::

>>> W.A. Feibelman's 1979 book, "Rails to Pittsburgh" is
>>> mostly about the PRR, but it contains many photos of city
>>> scenes in the 1940's and 1950's

>> On 11 Jun 01, at 21:08, Jim Holland wrote:

>>  Would appreciate hearing more about this book and details
>>  that would be specifically interesting to the
>> trolleycar fan before I shell out $70.00 for it!

> Donald Galt wrote:

> I'd save my money. Lots of cool mainline pictures of the Pittsburgh
> area and the lines leading to it from the east. But streetcars? A
> couple of generic views of PCCs. The only one that might interest
> you mildly is a distant one taken from the top of the Duquesne
> incline showing a PCC turning from the Point Bridge with a 32
> waiting on Carson St. Probably available elsewhere.

> Don

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