[PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Oh, to see the waffle people?

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Bob
Rathke
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:41 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps



And in a few months I'm going to someplace in California called Sandy Eggo.

Bob 111/19/01

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:03 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps


>
>
> As I've quoted before, Fred,
>
> 'anyone who knows only one way to spell a word shows a lack of creativity'
> <ggg>   (and unfortunately, when it comes to spelling, I have a bad habit
of
> being very creative)
>
> As anyone with an interest in genealogy will tell you, Fred, there are
> multiple ways to spell last names.  And place names.
>
> Some useless trivia I discovered couple weeks ago.  Ever hear of the
Rapidan
> River in northern Virginia??  An old map from the early 1700s in Berkeley
> Plantation lists it as the "Rapid Anne River".
>
> (well, I thought it was interesting)
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Fred W. Schneider III" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps
> >Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:30:27 -0500
> >
> >
> >Obfuscate it even more, will you.  Now we have three spellings.  And we
> >complain that Americans today don't know how to spell or speak.
> >
> >"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> > >
> > > The Railways Company spelled it "McClain" but the family spelled it
> > > "McClane."  PTM will use the latter.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Fred
> > > W. Schneider III
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:56 AM
> > > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps
> > >
> > > On the Washington - Meadowlands map, you will see a McLane mine
> > > (inactive) and a McLane Bridge.
> > > The McLane bridge is adjacent to the north end of the museum property
> > > ... where the new loop is being built.
> > >
> > > If I'm not mistaken, the trolley company stop at North Main St.
extended
> > > was McClain Stop (not McLane).  Edward can correct me.
> > >
> > > Jim Holland wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Good Morning!!
> > > >
> > > >         Excellent scans, Don,  --  Thank You for taking the time to
> >scan
> > > and post.   These copies
> > > > appear better than what I have  --  excellent detail on screen makes
> >it
> > > easy to follow the
> > > > line.   Maybe mine are just as good but my perspective on them is
> >wrong.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
>
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