[PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953

[Fred Schneider]

Were there any ties, that you know of, either direct or remote, to equipment
manufacturing.  I know that both City Lines of West Virginia and York Bus
favored ACF Brill coaches.

And while I'm on that subject, we know that General Electric owned Electric Bond
and Share Company, which allowed them to sell hardware to many power and trolley
companies, including Lancaster, PA and Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton.   The big
thing here was Pennsylvania Power and Light Company.

Did Westinghouse or Allis Chalmers also have ownership in the power, light, gas
and railways?

Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> Greetings
>
> This city line group came out of City Lines of WVa.  They also owned
> Springfield, Mass, York, Pa and Canton, Ohio   All buses were green like
> Penn Transit.  Henry Church was the owner.  He was in Clarksburg.
> His son, Henry Jr ran the Richmond Va authority for years.
>
> New Kensington City Lines was part of this group.  Other parts
> operated in Vandergrift and other small western Pa cities.
> May be Kittanning-Ford City also.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <twg at pulsenet.com>
> Sent: Jan 13, 2004 4:50 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953
>
> The City Lines that bought Penn Transit was based in Chicago.  Were they
> also the parent of City Lines of WV?
>
> -----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, January 12, 2004 9:49 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org; pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953
>
> Greetings to all
>
> This is the story of a mill town,  Good people, industry, commerce
>
> and now all gone.
>
> McKeesport had a daily newspaper...Is it still there?
> They had rail commuter service and it was a stop on mainline B&O trains.
> PRC trolleys connected to downtown PGH via two routes
>
> They had a local West Penn trolley system replaced by Penn Tranit buses
> Penn Transit was owned by City Lines of WVa and had an almost new
> bus fleet when PAT took over
>
> They had a good downtown.  A Sgt in my National Guard unit
> operated a family owned rug business...Sam Dougherty on 5th Ave
> It was still there two years ago.
>
> A good hospital...and lets not forget Dr Hunt
>
> What is the current population?  Used to be about 65 K I believe.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
> Sent: Jan 12, 2004 8:27 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953
>
> I should not make wisecracks, Dennis.  I know that.  But the best view of
> McKeesport is from the top of the hill across the Monongahela after dark.
> Darkness hides all sorts of evil.
>
> "Dennis F. Cramer" wrote:
>
> > And to think, I was one of those 2,994 births that year in McKeesport
> > Hospital.  Used to be a great place, but the best thing that ever happened
> > to me was leaving at age 9.
> >
> > Thanks for the link.
> >
> > Dennis F. Cramer--Teacher-Trombonist-Historian-Conductor
> > www.geocities.com/armconband