[PRCo] Fwd: Neat Picture

[Fred Schneider]

Regarding Bill Robb's question about visibility ... picture the  
motorman coming out of the terminal in Milwaukee and making the S- 
turn in the opposite direction, and swinging left into south whatever  
(6th is it?) in Milwaukee with no visibility beyond a few feet until  
his train straightens out.   Remember, he's hidden in a little cab in  
the right hand corner.   This makes visibility from a PCC seat primo.
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> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Date: October 26, 2005 4:15:42 PM EDT
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: Fwd: Neat Picture
>
>
> Here is a good example of visibility
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
>> Date: October 26, 2005 3:47:58 PM EDT
>>
>>
>> I love views like this....showing the surrounding "scenery", etc.  
>> Looking at the hazy sky, a person can almost feel the humidity.  
>> Note the steel line pole on the far right uses a TM style feeder  
>> cable bracket instead of the universal style  metal brackets or  
>> wooden crossarms the NSL usually used for street running. I'm  
>> willing to bet the NSL and M&ST shared some small hardware and  
>> other odds and ends for convenience's sake during the final years.
>>
>> I wonder from time to time how the final approach to the Milwaukee  
>> terminal would have been if the 5th & 6th Street trackage had been  
>> replaced with I-94 median trackage as was proposed before  
>> abandonment. I also wonder how many more years the Milwaukee  
>> terminal would have lasted had the NSL remained in operation  
>> beyond 1963.
>>
>> I wish I knew who shot this slide. Any of you who the fellow is/ 
>> was standing at the light pole on the far left?
>>
>> K.