[PRCo] Re: Mt. Lebanon & 42/38 Loop

[John Swindler]

When did you go to Howe school and Mellon Jr. High?

John



>From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Mt. Lebanon &  42/38 Loop
>Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:57:20 GMT
>
>   Thanks for all the pix Ken!  I was just up there last weekend. Met
>a few of my high school buddies at an Irish pub that used to be
>part of Walker Pontiac. My how things have changed in that area.
>Looks really nice though but still not the same minus the streetcars.
>I went to Mellon Jr. High which was a block or two away from
>Clearview Loop. I will always remember hearing the sound of the
>PCC cars traversing the loop as I sat in class in jr. high.
>   As kids, we would walk from my neighborhood(right near the Dormont
>border), cut through Mt. Lebanon Cemetary, and go get our sodas at
>Isaly's in Mt. Lebanon. Then we'd go to the bakery(still there) and
>sit and eat our cookies and drink our "pop" while watching the trolleys at 
>the loop. Got in trouble once for putting pennies on
>the tracks. Motorman asked us not to do it anymore but he took us
>for a free roundtrip ride downtown and back. Nice man he was.
>I still have a few of those flattened pennies. Thanks for the
>memories Ken!  :>)
>
>                          Mark
>
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