[PRCo] Re: West Penn Destination Sign Photo

[John Swindler]

The only time I ever heard the expression 'red dog' was in reference to the 
'dirt' used to level the switch area leading into the original car barn at 
PTM.  Might have come from an old - real old - issue of Trolley Fare.  Or 
might have come from an overheard conversation.

Any truth to this 'rumor'???

John




>From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn Destination Sign Photo
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:16:34 -0600
>
>Red Dog...now there's a term I haven't heard since my days living in 
>Western
>Pa.   My uncle in Overbrook had his driveway covered with Red Dog in 1949,
>and his two year old son cut his hands when he fell on it.
>
>The two year old son - now 58 years old - visited with us in Illinois  this
>weekend! (His hands have healed.)
>
>Bob 1/18/05
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:00 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn Destination Sign Photo
>
>
> > Fred and all    Greetings
> >
> > Some unpaved roads were probably "red dog" from tjhe mill
> > Many driveways and parking lots wetre this.   Harold
>RR
>
>