[PRCo] Re: Bye-bye Beechview

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings
Going back in time...you can blame this on the folks in
Mt Lebanon who wanted the cars off of Washington Road
and I believed that Republicans spent money prudently.

Harold

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

>It IS quite expensive!  Or rather, WAS.  You and I paid for this 20 years
>ago (or at least borrowed the money in the form of Treasury securities).  No
>one will ever relate it to reduced usage...it was intended to carry the
>Mount Lebanon cars and will do so again.  In politikspeak, we could say that
>it has been overtaxed (no pun intended) by having all that unintended
>Overbrook traffic running through it for the last dozen years and now is in
>need of some sort of renovation (I hope not half-life).  Never mind that
>extra cars don't wear out tunnels...just the track & wires!
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>Ed
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
>Donald Galt
>Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 4:43 AM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Bye-bye Beechview (was: Tunnel // W.Liberty)
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>>On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, James B. Holland wrote:
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>>>What you state above is what I have consistently argued concerning
>>>reopening of Overbrook and apparently shall come true  --  we
>>>essentially revert to old PRCo routing of current lrvs as Overbrook is
>>>So Much Faster and So Much More Convenient.
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>There has been some discussion comparing ancient and modern schedules. My
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>experience riding the rebuilt line a few years ago left the impression that
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>trains operated at rather sedate speeds. Not only in Beechview and Dormont
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>farther out the line as well. And I don't think that can all be attributed
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>smoothness of the ride.
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>Don't know that I've seen the following question raised:
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>With reversion to the patterns of yore and the inevitable drop in traffic
>through Mount Lebanon, isn't that tunnel going to start looking mighty
>expensive?
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