[PRCo] Re: PRC 313A-317-1202 Franchise Car

[John Swindler]

Maybe one of them could be placed indoors next to an interurban car (body).  Cut down on deterioration and repair costs.  
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC 313A-317-1202 Franchise Car> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:01:58 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > As it is we're a home for wayward shelters.> > On Feb 3, 2009, at 3:56 PM, John Swindler wrote:> > >> >> > I thought Linden Grove was a former P&CS site, but can't recall > > where this "impression" came from. But you are right - that > > article raises more questions to investigate.> >> > But there was a small wooden structure by the tracks both at Grove > > Rd. and Frederick St. (Glenbury) that were former P&CS structures. > > This was a comment from Baxter on a long-ago fantrip. Pity PTM > > didn't save one, but then again, every possession is also a liability.> >> > John> >> >> >> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC > >> 313A-317-1202 Franchise Car> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:36:12 -0500> > >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Finally had a chance to > >> read this document over an Indian lunch > today. At the time the > >> coke "battery" existed, the P&CS only ran > 1.5 miles from > >> somewhere to somewhere. It could be no farther south > than > >> McKinley Park. However, if we assume the tunnel and the long > > >> curve were part of it, that shortens the south end to just about > > >> where the Liberty Tubes come out today and makes more sense.> > > >> That is a great link to the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon. The > >> rest > of you ought to read it. Amazing that the railroad had > >> options on > about 1.89 square miles of land which became the > >> towns of Overbook > and Castle Shannon. I wish John Swindler would > >> read it and tell me > if Linden Grove under a former name was one > >> of those sites that P&CS > owned.> > Now I need to go to the list > >> of Civil War batteries.> > > On Jan 3!> > 0, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:> > > On Fri, 30 > > Jan 2009, Schneider Fred wrote:> >> >> I've been searching old maps > > and other on-line sources for several> >> hours without success. > > Perhaps one of you has the answer to this> >> question:> >>> >> Two > > locations are involved with the 313A-317-1202 franchise car that> > > >> make no sense at all to me:> >>> >> One is called "Battery." > > This place called Battery was six minutes> >> from the office at > > South Hills Tunnel by some route. I have no idea> >> what a battery > > is. I've looked on maps for batteries of coke ovens> >> and storage > > batteries. I've looked at the 1884 industrial map of> >> > > Pittsburgh. Nothing is popping out.> >> > Pittsburgh & Castle > > Shannon Railroad had 8 coke ovens. Is that a > > battery?> > Is > > that "the" battery? I dunno.> >> > http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ > > habshaer/pa/pa3400/pa3483/data/pa3483.pdf> >> > I don't know (yet) > > where they were. One presumes "along the Overbrook> > line"> >> >> > > The other plac!> > e is 3rd St. and Washington Road. Well, guess what,> >> there was > > no i> > ntersection of 3rd Street and Washington Road.> >> > *Old* Hopkins > > shows Carson St *west* of Smithfield as "Washington> > Turnpike".> > > >> > Washington Avenue (Warrington) on Sanborns of 1893; No sign of > > a paper> > street down from Climax.> >> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________> > Hotmail® goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your phone.> > http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/ > > versatility.aspx#mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_WL_HM_versatility_121208> >> > > 
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