[PRCo] Re: Fineview ROW

Boris Cefer westinghouse at iol.cz
Wed Dec 26 14:24:36 EST 2007


Wrong day, Bob, wrong day. How could you do this - taking Fineview photos 
when it was not raining?

Boris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: "Pittsburgh Trolley List" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:10 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Fineview ROW

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A couple of days ago I sent the attached color photo of 1697 outbound in =
the snow on January 29, 1966.  The scene appears desolate and open.

Also attached here is a B&W photo I took from the same camera location, =
nearly two years earlier - May 29, 1964. It's early spring, and already =
the foliage is encroaching on the ROW.  The wide view of the line is =
gone until fall.

Keep in mind that both photos were taken just a mile or so from downtown =
Pittsburgh.

Bob 12/26/07 




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