[PRCo] Re: Bye-bye Beechview

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I wouldn't want to go too far with this thread, but I don't believe any
political party is widely known for spending money prudently (unless, of
course, you're the recipient, in which case it's always prudent).  It's like
the deficit...I've come to learn that it's an issue only to the party not in
control of Congress.  Oh, yes, it may also be significant to the
taxpayers -- or more properly, their children -- who will ultimately have to
pay the bills!  But taxpayers don't count...they just vote.  And after
they've voted, they still don't count.

Cynical?  Sadly, yes.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Harold Geissenheimer
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:13 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bye-bye Beechview


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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>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
>the
>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
>to
>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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