[PRCo] Fineview trolley art

Bob Rathke bobrathke at comcast.net
Sun Mar 14 12:32:19 EST 2004


While looking for my copy of the Press painting of the Fineview trolley (a
side view of the car going up what was probably Henderson St.) I came across
the attached PCC illustration by Press artist Nat Youngblood.  It appeared
on the front cover of the Press Family Magazine on August 8, 1965.
Bob 3/14/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:08 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fineview___PCCs


> Greetings to Boris, Fred, Jim and all
> Thank you all for your detailed discussions about
> PCC braking..  I learned a great deal from you all.
> Its not a subject that I was ever involved in.
>
> I have the front page of a Pgh Press Sunday Mag with a
> beautiful painting of  the Fineview trolley on a steep grade,
> Beautiful.  It may have been America's most spectacular
> trolley.
>
> Harold Geissennheimer
RR


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