[PRCo] Re: derail

[Schneider Fred]

And Fred is partly guilty because he filled up Ed's trunk with more  
crap for the museum.   So solly.   fws


On Apr 24, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> My guess is that it is just the line of demarcation between PRCo- 
> maintained
> street and city-maintained street, and that one or the other has  
> just done
> some work.  The one I would choose is the streetcar company,  
> because its
> surface looks pristine while the remainder of the street does not.   
> It will
> probably be the city's job to fill the gap?  Or not.
>
> If I got really ambitious, which probably won't happen right now  
> (!), I'd
> look in the track sketch book for 1931 to see what work was done on  
> Forbes
> Street.  But I'm tired...I'm just back from another jaunt and have  
> a lot
> staring at me, and don't have any energy!
>
> I'm no help, am I?!
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:09 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: derail
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> Mr.Lybarger;
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> I wish you were able to share the other photographs;  some of us  
> can't view
> them in person.  Very nice photo isn't it.  (I say this 'mostly'  
> because I
> like your tongue-in-cheek replies don't I.)
>
> I see a 'canal' between the brick track paving and road paving;  I  
> have
> noted this in other photographs and 'assumed' it was street  
> upgrading.  It
> seems rather common.  However it appears that a rut is not evident  
> on the
> other track.  I now wonder if it serves a purpose - segregating the  
> trolley
> from traffic?
> Certainly not drainage.  There have been enough photos that this  
> has piqued
> my interest;  none of the photos exhibit any evidence of ongoing  
> road work.
>
> I doubt any clerk kept details of this work for our edification;   
> just a
> curiosity item isn't it.
>
>
> Phil
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 6:16:44 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: derail
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>> Attached is an image from the new exhibit at PTM.  It's a city
>> photographer's photo along Forbes at Jumonville in 1931.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>> John Swindler
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:40 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: derail
>>
>> Route 68 didn't just operate between Kennywood - Duquesne and  
>> Mckeesport.
>>
>> Outbound on Forbes St. at about Jumonville.
>>
>> The giveaway is the slight downhill grade and the curved track in
>> right background.  Also the row homes.
>>
>>
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>> From: mrb190 at pitt.edu
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:47 -0400
>>> Subject: [PRCo] derail
>>>
>>> On route 68 Duquesne somewhere....anyone know where?
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