[PRCo] Re: Gauge and Space

[Ken and Tracie]

I had a friend who grew up in Pittsburgh. He was a hot rodder. He liked to 
get his rear tires spinning on the rails and then steer back onto the 
pavement to launch forward and create a lot of rubber smoke.  Losing control 
and accidentally spinning out cured him of such foolishness.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:01 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Gauge and Space


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> This is certainly true, Mr.Lybarger.  I thought of this after I sent my 
> email.
> Those who praised PRC so the horse and buggy could use the tracks for
> smooth passage then cursed PRC because they couldn't get their autos
> out of the tracks didn't they.  I remember that well.
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:29:55 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Gauge and Space
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>> And very clearly so.  Likewise, my 1962 "wide track" Pontiac used to
>> do that as I was navigating East Street (and other streets).
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>> Ed
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>> > -----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: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:05 PM
>> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Gauge and Space
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>> > The horse and buggy in this photo  'appear'  to be using the car
>> > tracks ala the description in one of the URLs below:
> http://tinyurl.com/PointBridge-19190505
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>> > Phil
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>> > ----- Original Message ----
>> > From: Phillip Clark Campbell
>> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:52:45 PM
>> > Subject: [PRCo] Gauge and Space
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>> > I found some interesting comments about early PRC at this URL:
>> > http://tinyurl.com/Gauge-Space
>> > It mentions the inadequate spacing for double tracks and the gauging
>> > used in Pittsburgh.  More information is available here:
> http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pitttext&view=toc&idno=00aep1324m
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>> > Phil
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