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Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Sun Nov 19 19:24:21 EST 2006


Being sent to Pittsburgh Railways address list plus BCC to Hamley and  
Scott Becker.   Scott:   Please forward this to book store because  
item in question might be worth stocking.

I received a new complimentary book yesterday because some of my own  
photographs were in it ... a continuation of the Bernard Roberts  
series of railroad books on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

TITLE:  TRIUMPH VIII
PITTSBURGH - EYE OF TWO STORMS 1749-2006

Publisher:  Bernard Roberts and Company, Inc.
                      2606 Willow Avenue
                      Baltimore MD  21227

                      Phone 410 247 2242

                      http://www.bernardrobers.com

ISBN 0-934118-30-2

Book covers mostly the portions of the Pennsylvania Railroad  
mainlines (not insignificant branches) in the greater Pittsburgh area  
that were not covered in Triumph VII, i.e. the Monongahela line,  
Allegheny Valley to Schenley, West Penn line including some  
interesting old maps of the north side of Pittsburgh showing how it  
was superimposed on the Pennsylvania Canel right-of-way, etc.  The  
B&O's Pittsburgh and Western is also included.






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