[PRCo] Re: Speaking of Philadelphia

[Ken and Tracie]

Hee-hee-hee..............

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:33 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Speaking of Philadelphia 


> My answer, Ken, would be to wait and see how it plays out.   I have  
> trouble believing any news from SEPTA until after it becomes history.
> 
> On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
> 
>> I received the following from a fellow member of my car club (1955-'61
>> Chrysler Corporation car owners.)
>>
>> Please verify or explain this. Thanks in advance:
>>
>> "Hi Kenny,
>>
>> Did you see the report on Fox News Channel this weekend on  
>> PennDot's plan to
>> replace the unused trolley tracks on Philadelphia's Germantown Ave?  
>> For 23
>> years I lived 3 blocks north of the trolley tracks where SEPTA  
>> discontinued
>> service in 1992. PennDot want's to spend $3,000,000 replacing the  
>> tracks,
>> but SEPTA doesn't want to restart the trolley service when buses  
>> are more
>> efficient along that route. Germantown Ave. goes back to the  
>> Revolution,
>> with several old houses displaying plaques stating that George  
>> Washington
>> slept there during the War. Some sections still have cobblestones for
>> pavement and the road bed is about 30' wide.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Tony"
>>
>>
> 
>