[PRCo] Re: Homewood

[Boris Cefer]

You have to copy all three rows. Or try

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?xc=1;page=searchgro
up;g=imls

and search for Pittsburgh Railways.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:23 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Homewood


> Link did not work for me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Boris
> Cefer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:20 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Homewood
>
>
> I give up, but see the photos. Terribly long link.
>
>
http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?sid=46017d0da922f44
>
c8f50880157b2c73f&q1=Pittsburgh+Railways&rgn1=ic_all&type=boolean&xc=1&g=iml
> s&view=thumbnail
>
> B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:43 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Homewood
>
>
> > I was thinking the same thing ... roof looked OK ... but I backed off
when
> I
> > could not even find a car in it that screamed "Pittsburgh Railways."
> There was
> > a third shop at South Hills Junction (the buildings below the car
house).
> I
> > don't have exact dates but I think Manchester and South Hills Shops were
> closed
> > in the 1930s when the company found it was cost effective to shop cars
on
> a
> > mileage basis.
> >
> > I could see two different size wheels but the camera position made it
> impossible
> > to tell if gears were or were not pressed on the axles.  For all I could
> see,
> > they could be different size wheels for maximum traction trucks, which
PRC
> > didn't favor.   That is why I made the snide remark about it looking
like
> a
> > picture of wheels ... I was unable to prove anything.
> >
> > "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> >
> > > This may be Manchester Shops.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Fred
> > > Schneider
> > > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:16 PM
> > > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Homewood
> > >
> > > I think it is a picture of wheels!    The wooden floor makes me
suspect
> that
> > > it is
> > > not Homewood.   I cannot see enough to even tell if it is Pittsburgh.
> > >
> > > Boris Cefer wrote:
> > >
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain;
> > > >         charset="iso-8859-2"
> > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > > > Is this a photo of the Homewood shops?
> > > >
> > > > Boris
> > > >
> > > > -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
> > > > -- Type: image/jpeg
> > > > -- Size: 76k (78390 bytes)
> > > > -- URL :
> > >
http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/02-getimage-idx.jpg
> >
> >
> >
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