[PRCo] Re: Photo Spots

[John Swindler]

How about Banning, Fred

Bannock(burn?) is Scottish name.  Famous battle from circa 1300s.

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: Photo Spots
>Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:27:08 -0500
>
>
>Bingo!
>
>Now you're thinking like a businessman.
>
>Bannock Siding -- the first siding south of the Connellsville shops on
>the line through Phillips to Uniontown.
>
>If the subject is the car, and not something along the right-of-way, the
>most logical place would be someplace near the shops.  Bannock was on
>top of the hill.
>
>It was used by West Penn just like Pittsburgh Railways ran their cars
>around the corner from the shops to North Braddock and Bennet.
>
>By the way, the picture of 833 at Bannock was hand lettered by a
>draftsman with india ink.  The car was taken up there before the
>painting was even finished.
>
>Oh, the common photographic firm was Pittsburgh Studio, Connellsville
>and they are now out of business.
>
>ROGER Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > The most likely place for a photo of a finished re-hab car would be near
> > the shops in Connellsville right or the other barn at Greensburg near
> > Huffs siding ?  Just a guess as you said near the shops but which one ,
> > Fred ??
>


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