[PRCo] Re: Fineview ROW

Bob Rathke bobrathke at comcast.net
Wed Dec 26 15:59:12 EST 2007


I think it only rained on the last day of Fineview.  Or at least the rain 
that day equalled all the rain the fell there in the prvious two years.

Bob 12/26/07

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:24 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fineview ROW


> 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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