[PRCo] Re: Wilkinsburg - Feeder cables

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings to John
I remember Grant.  He came to PAT, then Penndot.  He was driving?  What 
year?

There was also a John McCoy who was manager of the Philadelphia
School Bus system in the 1970's.  Very large.  Do they still have this?

I used to collect system timetables from hotel lobbys.  Also Oil Co road 
maps
for free from gas stations..  Also airline system tt's.  They dont have them
any more.  And Greyhound has given up on timetables.  But Martz, Capitol,
Adirondack, Peter Pan still have them.

Keep in touch.   Harold

Some kids must be on the computer but how do we get them into the hobby.
Arden seems to be sucessful.

John Swindler wrote:

>Hi Harold
>
>Yes, but back yard to back yard.  John & Trude lived on Swissvale Ave., 
>while we lived on Coal St.  In late 1950s we moved a couple blocks to 
>vicinity of Edgewood train station.  That's where I got a supply of old (at 
>least now they are) railroad schedules.  Just a small kid asking the station 
>agent for a copy of his outdated timetables.  That too was from a different 
>world.  Suspect kids today have other interests.
>
>Recent letter from John mentioned that Trude celebrated her 90th birthday 
>last year.  Mentioned that he misses your transit updates.
>
>Remember the "streetcar" in their basement?  Great fun for kids.  Which now 
>makes me wonder how they ever put up with the racket.  Something like it 
>might be useful entertainment for the kids visiting trolley museums.
>
>As for the McCoy Bros. bus driver, Harold, you might remember Grant from 
>PennDOT.
>
>John
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>>From: Harold Geissenheimer <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wilkinsburg - Feeder cables
>>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:54:23 -0500
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>>John
>>Was this next door ro John Baxter?   Harold
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>>John Swindler wrote:
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>>>Correct.  Old route 78 connection.
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>>>There was a substation to right of photographer.  Also heard a story 
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>>about a
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>>>McCoy Brothers bus sliding down the hill behind the photographer on a 
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>>winter
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>>>day.  Great excitment.
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>>>I grew up about a mile to left of this scene. On the 64 carline.
>>>
>>>John
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>>>>From: Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>>>>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>>Subject: [PRCo] Wilkinsburg - Feeder cables
>>>>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:53:46 -0500
>>>>
>>>>Check out all the feeder cables on both sides of Penn Avenue at
>>>>Swissvale Ave., in Wilkinsburg.
>>>>
>>>>I believe the severed track link that would have gone to screen-right,
>>>>was for the old Verona/Laketon Road carline.
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>>>>
>>>>http://members.aol.com/bigdog244212/pat1465_0319.jpg
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