[PRCo] Re: Second Avenue

[Boris Cefer]

Which one? Bob has four blocks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:04 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Second Avenue


> And if you are a little off to the side, they also are good for removing
tie
> rods and oil pans!  My father had a softer approach ... he piled used
tires up
> against the end wall of the garage!  Another way that works ... and I've
been
> threatening to install one in the carbarn in Manheim after two of our
people ran
> the Birney into the wall ... a tennis ball hung on a string from the
appropriate
> rafter.  When it touches the glass, you'd best be stopped.
>
> Curiosity, what does a Pittsburgh block weigh?  About the same as a 10"
concrete
> block?  More?
>
> Bob Rathke wrote:
>
> > Yes, 2nd Avenue along the J&L mill and B&O tracks was paved with blocks,
and
> > in terrible condition because of the heavy truck traffic. In many
places,
> > the block surface was several inches below the rail head.  That area of
2nd
> > Avenue was finally rebuilt using concrete - I'm not sure when this
happened,
> > but trolleys were still running there, so it was probably in the early
> > 1960's.
> >
> > I don't know the origin of the term, "Belgian block", but people in the
know
> > will correct others who call them "cobblestones."  Some of the block
streets
> > on Spring Hill were rebuilt with asphalt paving in the early 1960's, and
the
> > City removed the old blocks.  Residents went out to the piles of blocks
and
> > helped themselves to a supply of blocks which made great garden walls
and
> > walks.  I still have four of these Belgian blocks on the floor of my
garage
> > here in Illinois - they're used as tire-stops for our cars.
> >
> > Bob 12/29/04
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:54 AM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: T3 in Pittsburgh
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Wasn't Second Ave. 'Belgium blocks'??  (and if anyone can explain the
> > > background on that term, I'd be glad to hear it).
> > >
> > > I only remember the unrebuilt section east of Brady St., and it was
badly
> > > beat up with truck traffic to J&L plant.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> > > >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > > >To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > >Subject: [PRCo] Re: T3 in Pittsburgh
> > > >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:25:19 -0600
> > > >
> > > >Second Avenue in the 1950's was not as well paved as the  street in
this
> > > >view!
> > > >
> > > >Bob 12/28/04
> > > >-----------------------------
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>
> > > >To: "PRCo" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:43 AM
> > > >Subject: [PRCo] T3 in Pittsburgh
> > > >
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> > > > > Does anybody remember this Tatra T3 being tested along 2nd ave
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> > > > > furnaces in Pittsburgh?
> > > > >
> > > > > Boris
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