[PRCo] Latrobe history, Pittsburgh foliage, Smithfield St Bridge model

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, robert netzlof wrote:

> Keep me posted on that. 95 miles/2.25 hours notwithstanding, this is
> getting interesting.

You must drive slow. I can get to Boston in under 10. Anyhow, the first
week of March is out (and the 27/28 of Feb) but other than that I'm pretty
much available.

Harold said:
> When in Gibsonia, you might consider going up to Mars on the B&O.
> Mars was the shops of the Butler Short Line..  Harold Geissenheimer

The location where the line crossed route 910 near the WPMRM is marked,
the Richland (Township) Historical Society provided the marker.

Mark wrote:
> S.B. states "You may want to reserve Sat. April 26th."
...
> As I have not lived in the Pittsburgh area for 20 years now, how is the
> foliage that time of year? Are the trees still bare? 

Not usually, and especially not if we have an early warm spell.