[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Shelters

[Bob Rathke]

I recall that the shelter was there in the 1970s, visible from Bethel Church
Road in the winter, not maintained, and possibly on private property (same
owner as the house just south of the S-curve leading to the loop?) .

Bob 12/29/02

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From: <Macmarka at cs.com>
To: <Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 3:00 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Fwd: Shelters


> In a message dated 12/16/02 3:33:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Macmarka at cs.com
> writes:
>
> << Looking through my collection of photos, I noticed a photo of a car at
>  Drake dated 2/17/74. This was from John Bromley's collection. 1708 in
o/w/o
>  paint is descending the grade into the loop. I noticed up on the hill
> through
>  the trees to the right, you can still see the abutment from the trestle
and
>  what looks to be the shelter from the old Drake stop on the Washington
>  interurban. Makes me wonder if PAT ever removed the shelter or just let
it
>  sit there and rot. Makes me wonder even more if the rotting remains of
that
>  shelter are still there almost 30 years after this particular photo was
>  taken. What ever became of some of these shelters on the old interurban
>  lines? I know PTM has Richfol.
>
>              While I'm on the subject of shelters......   Going back
through
>  my "Trolley Fare" mags from PTM, I noted once again the crew removing the
> old
>  Smith shelter from the Overbrook line. What ever became of this shelter?
And
>  where does PTM plan on putting it if it hasn't done so already?   >>
>
>   Being that nobody answered my previous post, I'm resubmitting it. I know
> sometimes I'm a pain in the #!#, but like a little kid, I'm trying to
learn.
> Thanks guys!
>                                                                 Mark Mc
>
>
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