[PRCo] Various Post Gazette Articles of Interest

Barry, Matthew R mrb190 at pitt.edu
Mon Sep 14 15:50:11 EDT 2009


Feb. 1950 - Heating turned up too high on Pittsburgh streetcars
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rggNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RGoDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=5155%2C2608148
July 1952:   West Penn to abandon lines
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VSANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3WoDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=3735%2C2529135

July 1955:  Railways asks for re-hearing to have tracks on new Fort Pitt Bridge:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZD0NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AWwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=4053%2C3683254

Nov. 1950 snow -streetcars
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XjwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O2oDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=5737%2C3549310


Jan 1952 flooding halts or re-reroutes trolleys:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FwwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q2oDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=4220%2C1050922

Nov. 1954, crowded trolleys
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FwwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q2oDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=4220%2C1050922

Aug. 1952 - Anne X. Alpern
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BecMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3GoDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=4004%2C5811994

Feb 1967 - Dameron says PAT won't pave, but will remove wires
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9dsNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fGwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=streetcar&pg=6909%2C3550122






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