[PRCo] Re: New PRCo. picture book by Rohrbeck

[Fred Schneider]

Paris Lake:  north of County Line and south of Cremona on the Washington
Division.  Used to me a swimming pool in that area ... before
interminable suburbs.

Mark:  I posted once before that it isn't McChane and I took blame for
it.  Looks south from Summit on the Charleroi line.  Pittsburgh Steel
Company's Donora Mill is in the distance.

The opposite angle looks into the sun!

Mark McGuire wrote:

>   Also a new book by Leroy King entitled PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEYS IN
> COLOR VOL.IV. This is a continuation of the 3-part series by Bill
> Volkmer. Fred III was kind enough to critique these books in a past
> post.
>   On page 127 bottom of Vol. IV, there is a photo of 1706 at Simmons
> Loop. No date on the caption, but the tracks to Charleroi are still
> visible. Looks as if the inbound overhead is still there also.
>   These are the types of photos I'm looking for. Would love to see
> this view from the opposite angle.
>   On page 126 bottom of same book shows 1701(destroyed at Homewood
> fire?) at what the caption states is McChane. Would the car be on a
> downgrade at this point??? How much of a grade was this?
>   Page 127 middle shows  1707 at Paris Lake stop. I've never heard
> of this stop. Where was this located?
>
>   For those of you who do not have the book, my appologies.
>
>                         Mark Mc