[PRCo] Re: Pgh.___1985

[James B. Holland]

matt wrote:

> NICE!
>
> Jeeez, hard to think of 1985 as 20 years ago, but danged if it 
> wasn't!       I still think of the PCC cars as having only recently 
> been running on the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh. Well, recently as 
> the mid-eighties.


Good Heavens  --  Never Considered The Math!       Twenty--Years  
(that's  *20*)  and it truly seems Just Like Yesterday!       Yes, the 
photo sequence is nice, but thumbs would be great to allow faster 
loading!       Like the small town charm caught in some of the photos 
and the 2-lane roads  --  do kiddies today really know about 2-lane 
roads???????

> Liked the photos a lot. The sequence of coming down the parkway, that 
> spectacular view that meets us as we emerge from the ft. Pitt tunnels, 
> something those of us who still live here probably take for granted 
> more often than not.
>
> Often wished I had taken more photos during those years.
>
> Thanks for sharing.
> Matt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
> To: "- 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:28 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Pgh.___1985
>
>
>> *HIGHLY* Graphics Intensive URL below by Robert Pence who made a trip 
>> to Pgh. and caught some of the last days of PCCs on downtown streets 
>> (but Many photos besides TrolleyCars as well.) If I leave my computer 
>> running for the rest of the week it may be completely loaded.
>>
>> http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?s=686c69bc86dc5e4f7007be43bf18f024&threadid=66134
>>
>>
>> Jim__Holland
>