[PRCo] Re: Fwd: American Locomotive Company plant in Schenectedy, NY

[Herb Brannon]

Other than people who live (exist) there it's RTA Operators (running a
route) and Cleveland Police Officers (cleaning up the messes). Operating bus
routes such as 3, 10, 14, 15, 16, 40 and 48 gave me a new definition to the
word 'exciting'. The Red Line heavy rail is much better to operate however.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 13:29, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

>
> I cannot imagine too many people who would want to go to that side of town.
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
>
> > Most of the old buildings were still standing back in the mid-1990s. I
> don't
> > get over to the "Eastside" much, so I couldn't say if they are still
> there
> > or not.
> > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:44, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> What's it used for.   Kuhlman of Ohio went out of business about 1932.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 7, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Dwight Long wrote:
> >>
> >>> Fred
> >>>
> >>> I thought the Kuhlman plant was still there?
> >>>
> >>> Dwight
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Fred Schneider
> >>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >>> Sent: Monday, 06 December, 2010 14:18
> >>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: American Locomotive Company plant in
> >> Schenectedy, NY
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> And the Brill plant, and Kuhlman, and Baldwin (the office building
> still
> >> sits along I-95 and Boeing Vertol was using the plant to build
> helicopters).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Fred Schneider <
> fwschneider at comcast.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>> I know that Derrick enjoys industrial archeology.   I've been with
> him
> >> to the Carrie Furnace in Rankin and to a meeting on the history of the
> >> Bethlehem Steel plant in Sparrows Point.   He also talked me into
> visiting
> >> the Sloss Furnace in Birmingham.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So this is posted for Derrick to see .... but some of the rest of you
> >> might also  like it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Some final pictures of the derelict American Locomotive Company plant
> >> in Schenectady, NY - now being demolished:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=85818
> >>>>
> >>>> Was bummed when I came across these last night. Would have liked to
> >>>> have seen the place.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Derrick
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park