[PRCo] Re: The Donora Picture

[Jim Holland]

mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> Attention Mr. Bill Robb
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> I take offense at your statement (just kidding) about how filthy those 
> steel towns were, Bill will used "Lava" and "Lifebouy" soaps, we knew 
> when the smoke quit coming out of those smoke stacks that there would 
> be no food on the table, and yes I lived to see a town of 14,000 
> dwindle down to 5,000 because the air is clear! Ask those people what 
> they would rather have? Bring back the steam locomotives and street 
> cars that would make me happy?
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> Jerry Matsick

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VERY   Interesting questions, Jerry.       MANY____LONG    coal trains 
in Utah and surrounding states  --   coal is plentiful here.       Kind 
of interesting to see as this was Once So Common around Pgh!!!
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Very small town here in another western state was approached by Los 
Angeles with the possibility of building coal fired electric power 
stations    ----    that was 20-years ago and the deal finally fell 
through.       Now another city is interested in the same.       Small 
Town has tourist RR which would be involved  --  this  RR  owns  All  
Track // row for well over 100-miles and this would be rebuilt for a 
mainline connection to  Union  Pacific to tap into those coal 
trains.       Would definitely have a positive effect on the local 
economy    ----    but in this day and age of ecological considerations, 
I wonder how long it will be before someone objects.
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Jim___Holland
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>> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>> Date: 2007/01/01 Mon PM 06:38:05 EST
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Donora Picture
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>> And the loss coal stoves and furnaces. Even trolleys used to have 
>> coal stoves. Trolleys weren't exactly as pollution free as we like to 
>> picture them.
>> Subject: [PRCo] The Donora Picture
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>> My reaction to the Donora Picture is how long the motorman could keep 
>> a clean face in that environment if he kept the front window open?   
>> The youngsters today have no clue just how filthy those steel towns were.
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>> The loss of industry has really cleaned up the air. The loss of steam 
>> locomotives cleaned up the air. But I'm also amazed at just how much 
>> pollution control equipment on cars has made the air cleaner. I can 
>> remember summer evenings 40 years ago in Lancaster had poorly defined 
>> shadows after seven o'clock. Now the air is clear and the shadows are 
>> crisp. I think we've honestly made some improvements to our life.
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