[PRCo] Re: PRCo North Side Routes FOLLOW-UP

[mrb190]

Carl Schultz just shipped me an e-mail that he did use all the Millvale & Etna film
he had.   He's done a great job again, no two ways about it.

If you haven't bought it, do so.  Very professionally done, good narration (even
though the narrator slipped up just once by calling the Emsworth line, "Elmsworth,"
-- man, am I picky or what?) terrific synchronised sound and music, and like the
West End video, beautifully enhanced film -- no shakiness, sloppy shoots, etc.
He even included a turn of the century film of a going across the old 6th street
bridge into Allegheny, pointing out along the way of where the new PNC Park is
located.

Matt

mrb190 wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> As per usual, Transit Gloria Mundi did a great job with the new tape.
>
> I am aching for more though -- when I saw that someone actually did film the
> Etna and Millvale routes - WOW!!!!     The Etna line really moved swiftly on
> east Ohio, didn't it?  I never had the chance to ride - gone before I was a
> gleam in my dad's eye.  The only remants I saw whenever we travelled to
> Millvale, was old tracks halfway covered with asphalt that turned onto Grant
> from East Ohio and tracks in cobblestone going up East Ohio to Etna from the
> bend around the old Millvale carbarn.
>
>  Wish Transit Gloria Mundi would issue a tape of film they didn't use for the
> North Side Lines video.
>
> Also, got to finally see a glimpse of the Brighton Loop.
>
> Amazing that routes 6/14 and 21 hung on for months after the demise of West
> View/Bellevue & Perrysville.  I believe one of you mentioned that this one done
> because PAT still didn't have enough $ for new buses???
>
> Was hoping to see more of the Beaver Avenue lines (18-19-20).  Perhaps no one
> ever documented this area on film, which has soooooooooooooo drastically changed
> with the advent of highway route 65.  Also would've been a kick to see Millvale
> carhouse in action or Manchester.
>
> Still, I gotta be grateful that the film makers had the foresight to record what
> they did, for posterity.
>
> Matt