[PRCo] Re: Photo Spots

[Edward H. Lybarger]

And Hint #3:  It was very logical from a business perspective.

It's totally irrelevant, but I was past the site on Tuesday.

Ed

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:32 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo Spots




And who, besides Fred and Ed, would like to take a guess at where the full
page photo of West Penn 739 (Faywest) was taken??  Oh, photo is in the CERA
book.

(hint #1:  the hills in background haven't moved)

(hint #2:  it was one of Ed's finer pieces of detective work)

And honest, there really is a connection with this thread concerning
Homewood and Milwaukee.

John



>
>Subject: [PRCo] Photo Spots
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:30:21 -0800
>
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>"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
>
> >  ... the
> > favored location for many years for roster record pictures was on North
>Braddock smack dab in the middle of the Bennet Street intersection.
>
>Milwaukee used to set streetcars, interurbans and other assorted pieces of
>freshly built or outshopped equipment right in the middle 38th and McKinley
>to take photos. Not a major intersection for auto traffic, but with Miller
>Brewery, Harley-Davidson and other assorted industries nearby, this must
>have occasionally raised heck with truck traffic.
>
>In either case, it would be no different than the power company or water
>district shutting down sections of roadway to perform various tasks today.
>
>Ken J.
>
>


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