[PRCo] Re: 1984 Grand Tour

[John Swindler]

And you brought back some fond memories of putting that issue together.  The 
production work was always a pain and too long drawn out, but that 
particular issue was fun.  I had a good article and good photo selection to 
work with, thanks to Bill Vigrass and Chick Siebert.

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 21:18:59 -0500
>
>John
>the ole assume line -  the light line drawn from Brownsville to Roscoe sort 
>of looked like the
>"other trolley" line in the detailed caption?   But as Fred indicated it 
>was the railroad.
>
>Jerry M
> >
> > From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> > Date: 2007/04/26 Thu PM 09:06:21 EST
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1984 Grand Tour
> >
> >
> > 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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