[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh City Paper Article

[Bob Rathke]

I believe that PTM's reprint of its 1959 Pittsburgh trolley route map
contains a notation that at one time it was possible to ride trolleys from
Pittsburgh to Milwaukee.  That possibility probably existed for a rather
short period of time.

Bob 4/9/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <PghPCC at pacbell.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:39 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh City Paper Article


> Matt Barry wrote:
>
> >This is new to me.
> >
>
>http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/prev/archives/newsarch/ask/ask03/ya011503
.html
> >
> >matt
> >
> Good Morning!
>
>              Have seen this very topic  --  Pgh to Chicago and beyond
> --  Very Recently  --  maybe even here.     And there is a book
> published about New York to Chicago by trolley  --  yes, many transfers.
>
>              Very interesting article here but I never like it when they
> say the TrolleyCars run by  ''Overhead Cable''  --  twould be one
> horrendous amount of arcing if such were the case!
>
>              Very much like his explanation of Interurban  --
> Interurban is really an adjective modifying TrolleyCar which then
> renders a specific meaning.     Interurban is used as a noun which then
> clouds its meaning.
>
>              Wish he had given more of a description of the actual route
> Lytle used, if that is available.
RR