[PRCo] Re: Pgh. Rys. Offers to Give Away Two Inclines.......

[Greg King]

Hi Jim,

Any chance of scanning those pix?
Greg
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From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
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Subject: [PRCo] Pgh. Rys. Offers to Give Away Two Inclines.......


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> .......from the March--1954  *ERA Headlights*  --  and I quote:::
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> "Anybody who wants to operate Pittsburgh's Castle Shannon and/or
> Pittsburgh Inclines can have them, Pgh. Rys. Co. said at a hearing on
> their agandonment on February 11.  Patrons who are strenuously objecting
> to their being halted would have to buy the land at the bottoms and tops
> of the planes, but other than that the company would be only too glad to
> escapt eha annual losses arising from operation of the two ancient
> cable-raised routes.  In turn, the attorney for the protesting patrons
> said his clients would accept the offer if the railways company would
> throw in the Rt. to-Carson St. PCC line for good measure.  Hearings are
> to be continued."
>
> Also in this issue is a beautiful set of photos of the move of the PERC
> museum cars over the former Washington line to their new home at Arden.
>
> --
> James B. Holland
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