[PRCo] Re: Interesting item on eBay Canada web site item#1022929358: DUQUESNE, PA. STEEL MILL, TROLLEY, RARE!!!

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Actually, I read it this morning, when John first sent it.

According to testimony to the PA PSC, West Penn did NOT operate this route
until there was a PRCo disruption (one of the municipalities temporarily
suspended its franchise, I believe) in the 1920s.  Unfortunately, I'm at
home and the PUC files are in my office, so I can't get to this until
morning at the earliest (no guarantees; I'm scheduled tomorrow and Friday).
But West Penn operated it only briefly, even though they owned the track.

I didn't (and still don't) think this is a photo of a West Penn car.

I can't log onto EBay right now without losing a connection to another site
at which I am finishing a boring, off-and-on months-long download (not
trolley-related, but of interest to commercial aviation folks in the safety
field), so I can't tell who the high bidder is.  The fact that I don't
respond to the list on an item doesn't mean I haven't forwarded it to
someone else who is interested in adding it to a personal collection but
will let PTM copy it for ours.

Ed

-----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, October 24, 2001 6:52 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interesting item on eBay Canada web site
item#1022929358: DUQUESNE, PA. STEEL MILL, TROLLEY, RARE!!!



This is one you might want to "glum onto."  I've never seen it before.
I'm not sure when Pittsburgh Railways extended over the West Penn tracks
to McKeesport.  Up until sometime in the 1920s PRC route 68 cars and
West Penn McKeesport-Duquesne cars ran over these tracks.  West Penn
owned and maintained the steel until 1951 and rented it to PRC (it was
owned by PRC from 1951 to abandonment in 1960). The scan isn't sharp
enough for me to tell whose car it is.

If you don't want to buy, then you might wish to draw Ed attention to
this one ... and change the
subject line "from interesting item on eBay (which he won't read) to
"Fred told me to send this."

johnfbromley at home.com wrote:
>
> Claims to be rare - certainly I've never seen it.
>
> Title of item:  DUQUESNE, PA.  STEEL MILL, TROLLEY, RARE!!!
> Seller: greg5166 at aol.com
> Starts: 23-Oct-01 21:26:31 EDT
> Ends:   30-Oct-01 20:26:31 EST
> Price:  Currently US $14.99
> To bid on the item, go to:
http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1022929358
>
> Item Description:
>
>
> Click picture to see actual image size.
>
> DUQUESNE, PA.  STEEL MILL, TROLLEY, RARE!!!
>
> This is the Duquesne Steel Works, Duquesne, Pa.  There is writing on the
back of the card and a postmark of 1937.  This card can be yours if you are
the high bidder.  High bidder to prepay with a money order, paypal or check
plus $1.50 for shipping.  Payment due within 7 days of the close of the
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