[PRCo] Re: 1984 Grand Tour

[John Swindler]

1984 sounds like the Vigrass trip from Headlights magazine.

I didn't indicate "other trolley" as being the connection between 
Brownsville and Roscoe.  And the text mentions using the train for this 
connection.  After all, I drew the map.

John




>From: <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1984 Grand Tour
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:47:28 -0500
>
>Fred
>Thanks Fred,  had good weather most of the time last week at the TCA York 
>Pa train meet, didn't get over to my favorite spot of Strasburg.    Also 
>what happened to the talk of a trolley line in Lancaster?
>The Cherry Blossoms on Market Street in York were super nice last week.
>
>Jerry M
> >
> > From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> > Date: 2007/04/26 Thu PM 04:11:36 EST
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1984 Grand Tour
> >
> > Never was Jerry.    Bill used the Monongahela Railway - Pennsylvania
> > Railroad afternoon northbound passenger train to make the connection
> > from Brownsville to Roscoe.
> >
> > I'm looking at a 1945 Official Guide which shows one round trip a
> > day ... train 806 southbound in the morning out of Union Station
> > (PRR) Pittsburgh at 8:35 AM, Brownsville at 10:45 AM, then onto the
> > Monongahela, Morgantown at 12:20 PM and terminating at Fairmount at
> > 1:10 PM.
> >
> > The northbound: train 833...left Fairmount at 3 PM, got to Morgantown
> > at 3:47, to Brownsville at 5:15, and then onto the Pennsy, and it
> > arrived in Pittsburgh at 7:43 PM.
> >
> > The Pennsy put a 7 in front of the Monongahela train numbers (7806
> > southbound and 7833 northbound).   There were three other PRR trains
> > running between Pittsburgh and Brownsville on weekdays in 1945 but
> > the Monongahela connection was the only afternoon northbound.   The
> > PRR showed it out of Brownsville Union Station at 5:25 and into
> > Roscoe at 5:44 PM.
> >
> > Sufficient answer Jerry?
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2007, at 4:58 PM, <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I ran across a "Grand Tour" map of  WestPenn/PRCo and other Trolley
> > > lines which took place back in 1984.    On the map West Penn went
> > > from Uniontown to Brownsville, and then a "other trolley" line
> > > is listed from Brownsville to Roscoe and connection to the PRCo.
> > > My question was there in fact
> > > a "other trolley" that ran from Brownsville to Roscoe?    Everyone
> > > is saying just another dumb question from Jerry
> > >
> > > You don't know if you don't ask?
> > >
> > > Jerry M
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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>

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