[PRCo] Re: July 1969 South Hills to East Liberty Rail Transit System by 1974

[Dwight Long]

Matt

I was in Jax once and had time to kill between trains (coming from the northeast and connecting to the Sunset to go to Yuma, Ariz.).  I decided to ride your skyway.  Somewhere around the St. Johns River bridge, the whole thing shut down, leaving all pax suspended in the air wondering what to do.  The delay was long enough that some pax were beginning to show early signs of panic, wanting to spring doors, etc.  I and some of the other cooler heads helped calm them down and eventually, the whole thing started up again and took the pax where they were going, except that I noted that some of those who had started to panic alighted at the next stop.  I had adequate time, and made the circuit.  However, had I been on a tight schedule, I would not have been amused.

Does this sort of thing happen with any regularity?

Dwight
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
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  Sent: Friday, 30 April, 2010 16:48
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: July 1969 South Hills to East Liberty Rail Transit System by 1974



  Matt 



  Thanks for sharing!  That would have been a great transit system for Pittsburgh, living in Jacksonville 

  we have a WABCO type system that ties the Southside (South Bank) system with Downtown (North Bank) and is neat to ride on, can be found on Youtube under Jacksonville Skyway Express. 

  Thanks for sharing this good article 



  Jerry "Matt" Matsick 

  Jax Fl. 



  PS just learned of some sad news from my old hometown of Donora, once having 6 public school 

  buildings and 3 Catholic Schools, the remaining school (old Donora High) now a grade school 

  center will be closed, kids moved to Carroll Twp School and the old school building will be torn 

  down.   That is almost as bad when I learned they were taking the street cars out of Donora and 

  then out of the Mon Valley.  No Streetcars and No Schools!  TERRIBLE!!!!! 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Matthew R Barry" <mrb190 at pitt.edu> 
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  Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 4:36:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
  Subject: [PRCo] July 1969 South Hills to East Liberty Rail Transit System by 1974 

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