[PRCo] Re: Last day of Keating CB - photo essay

[Boris Cefer]

Thank you, Bob.

Boris

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From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: "Pittsburgh Trolley List" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Cc: "Jim Farrell" <james_e_farrell at msn.com>; "Rich Bowers"
<Dashingrobo at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 4:50 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Last day of Keating CB - photo essay


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> Attached are six of the dozens of photos that I took at Keating Car Barn =
> on its last day of operation - September, 4, 1965.  A short photo essay:
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> - PCC 1695, signed for route 6/14, was one of the last two cars in the =
> yard that afternoon - the other PCC was 1797 ("Chartered"), and both =
> cars were ready for transfer to Tunnel CB.  Curiously, on 9/4/65, 6/13 =
> was the Brighton Road route to Emsworth, and it was unusual to see a =
> route 6/14 sign.  However, in early 1966, 6/14 become a regular route =
> when bridge restrictions caused a cutback of the Emsworth line to =
> Avalon.
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> - Two interior views of 1695.
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> - A former PRC orange panel truck, backed up to the door for loading of =
> paper records from the Keating administration building.  Don't bother =
> looking for the records in a vault in the Keating building - it was =
> demolished in 1966.
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> - A lone passenger waits for one of the last 8-Perrysville trolleys that =
> looped around the Keating administration building.
>
> - And then there were no trolleys in the barn nor in the yard....
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>
> Bob 12/30/04
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> Derrick: please upload these photos to my page on the website.  Thanks.
>
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