[PRCo] Re: Ellsworth Avenue

[Schneider Fred]

But he is us........

On Jul 28, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> It's always amusing to note that the government compelled the private
> company to completely remove its tracks, but did not make similar  
> demands
> once the transit operator was the government.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Barry,
> Matthew R
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:55 PM
> To: 'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'
> Subject: [PRCo] Ellsworth Avenue
>
> Hi Folks,
> I'm sorry I can't find the email, but I know one of you mentioned that
> Ellsworth Avenue was currently scraped, for re-paving, and that the
> streetcar tracks are evident.   Yes, indeed.   Attached are some  
> photos I
> took on Sunday.     While walking along Ellsworth, it was  
> interesting to see
> the looks on  a couple young (maybe twenty-something) 10-speed  
> bikers' faces
> as they rode by.   They stopped, pointed at the tracks that curved  
> from
> Ellsworth onto Neville.  I couldn't hear their conversation, except  
> for the
> word "rails."     I walked across to them -perhaps to give a little  
> transit
> history - but they peddled away before they saw me.
>
> The photo I have labeled, "ellsworth looking twd layover area,"     
> I believe
> this is where the cars were stored by Pittsburgh Railways for rush  
> hours,
> for baseball crowds leaving Forbes Field.
>
> Matt
>
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