[PRCo] Re: Route 53 and Route 75

Matt Barry mrb190+ at pitt.edu
Mon Jul 11 11:16:39 EDT 2005


Hmmmm....I could not access them on dementia.org, either.
Webmaster, should I re-post them?

Matt

mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:

>  Matt
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>  Unable to pull up pictures as you have them listed?   What am I doing wrong?
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>  Jerry Matsick
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>>From: Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>>Date: 2005/07/11 Mon AM 10:30:03 EDT
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>Subject: [PRCo] Route 53 and Route 75
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>>Here a couple other Joe Testagrose photos that are currently on 
>>alt.binaries.rail.
>>The first is a great sgot of route 75 Wilkinsburg gliding along Penn Avenue.
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>>The second is a shot of route 53 coming up Warrington Ave on July 1, 
>>1968.   I guess this was shortly after the tracks on South 18th street 
>>into the South Side were abandoned and what was route 47 Carrick via 
>>Tunnel became known as 53 Carrick.    There is a cardboard sign in the 
>>window indicating that the car goes through the Tunnel and up 
>>Warrington.    I wonder why 53 Carrick as it was wasn't just retired as 
>>a route when teh south 18th street tracks were abandoned, in favor of 
>>instituting the rush hour 47 as a regular route?
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>>-- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/PAT1751onRt75atPenn%26SouthMurtland1-23-67TW.jpg
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>>-- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/PAT1767onRt53atWarrington%26Allen7-1-68TW.jpg
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