[PRCo] Trolley tracks

[Bob Rathke]

In the 1940's, when my family took a taxi from downtown to Spring Hill
(Route 5), they would simply tell the taxi driver to, "Follow the trolley
tracks to the street (Woessner Ave.) just before the tracks end."

Bob 3/1/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:37 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Two maybe OT Topics


> Greetings
>
> You are right.
>
> In many cases the streets with tracks were the only
> thru streets.  So there was little choice.
>
> When I first moved to Pgh in 1950 before the parkways, I used to give
> driving directioins by telling people to follow the tracks, like thru
> Swissvale,
> Braddock, Rankin, East Pgh. Turt;e Creek
>
> The hilly nature of Pghmade the trolley streets the only alternative
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
RR