[PRCo] Drake Shelter

[Bob Rathke]

In checking some slides, I just found one that I took in the winter of 1965.
I was standing at the switch in the Drake loop shooting a 1700 going up the
hill.  The shelter is clearly visible in the upper right corner of the
photo, just to the right of the house there.  The shelter appears to have
been intact and painted in 1965.  Again, it may have been maintained by the
property owner at that time.

Bob 12/29/02

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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at attbi.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Shelters


>
> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> 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