[PRCo] Re: Destination Numbers Effective March 1, 1914

Phillip Clark Campbell pcc_sr at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 9 16:48:03 EDT 2008


He was born in 1889 so it is possible isn't it.


Phil


----- Original Message ----
> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2008 3:31:45 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Destination Numbers Effective March 1, 1914
> 
> He also could have ridden to Charleroi via Mt. Lebanon during an Allegheny
> County Fair or because of a blockade on the Overbrook route. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
> Schneider
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:12 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Destination Numbers Effective March 1, 1914
> 
> NO, he was not.   That was the earliest route into Pittsburgh.   Fred  
> Schneider
> 
> On Jun 8, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: John Swindler 
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2008 11:16:34 AM
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Destination Numbers Effective March 1, 1914
> >>
> >>
> >> As for 42 and 43, the Beechview-Dormont line went into single track 
> >> at Potomac - or possibly Neeld Ave.  That was a recent surprise.  But 
> >> 43 was the short-turn.
> >
> >
> > Thank you Mr.Swindler and Mr.Lybarger.  I am aware of the single track 
> > on the 42 from Biltmore to Potomac aren't I.  I believe I found the 
> > map of the 42-wye in the archives here where it reveals this area as a 
> > large passing siding doesn't it.  Still seems strange to list 2 lines 
> > as Beechview.
> >
> > My father claims to have ridden the Charleroi Interurban through 
> > Dormont but he was also known for telling stories wasn't he.
> >
> >
> > Phil
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