[PRCo] Re: Pgh Rlys Engineering Maps

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Fred Schneider wrote:

> Perhaps, Herb,
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> it would be nice if you put a high-resolution scan on line for all
> the guys.

I assume a pinch-roller map scanner would be the ideal case to do this. A 
shame they aren't cheap. I looked..


> fws
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> On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> Gentlemen
>> I for one and I am sure there are others who would be excited and
>> happy to pay for copies of these
>> maps.
>>
>> Jerry M
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>>> From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Date: 2007/04/06 Fri AM 03:21:58 EST
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Pgh Rlys Engineering Maps
>>>
>>> I have two old maps which are from the Pgh Rlys Company files.
>>> They are track maps of both interurban lines from Boggs to the end
>>> of each line. The maps are a wealth of information. They show all
>>> trackwork, all switches, all sidings, length, in feet, between
>>> switches/sidings, all bridges and the type of bridge, all blind
>>> curves and their direction (outbound), all steep grades, up or
>>> down (outbound), capacity of each siding/loop and the schedule
>>> times (in minutes past the hour) at each siding/loop and the name
>>> of each stop.
>>>
>>>   They are beginning to become briddle and need something done to
>>> preserve them before they start crumbling into dust. Can the
>>> museum use them for the 'collection'? What can be done to slow
>>> down the aging process?
>>>
>>>   Maybe Ed has some ideas.
>>>
>>>
>>>   Weather In Cleveland This Week
>>>   Mon 4/2: 62 degrees/Partly Sunny
>>>   Tue 4/3: 73 degrees/Sunny
>>>   Wed 4/4: 84 degrees/Sunny (Set new record high)
>>>   Thurs 4/5: 27 degrees/Snow up to your @$$
>>>
>>> Herb Brannon
>>>
>>>
>>>
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