[PRCo] Re: West Penn Railways

[Schneider Fred]

I just bought and looked at the article in question yesterday.   Ara  
would not have been guilty of pictures that unsharp.   He had top  
notch equipment.   I suspect he bought duplicate slides from Ara and  
then palmed them off on Kalmbach with or without permission.   Some  
of them are moving cars ... and they are 30 years or more before the  
era of motor drives for cameras.   When you visit a company once or  
twice, you don't give away your good original slides at the bottom of  
Crawford Street hill, or entering Swedetown siding ... cars in the  
yard yes, but not moving cars.


On Feb 4, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> I've found the article.  Looks like the gent bought some of Ara  
> Mesrobian's
> seconds and decided they were wonderful.  Bus his knowledge of the  
> system
> (and Pennsylvania) appears to be limited.
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> Those "several" 5' 2-1/2" systems he mentions in the first line would
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> Pittsburgh Railways Co.
> West Penn Railways Co. & subsidiary Allegheny Valley St. Ry. Co.
> Tarentum,  Brackenridge & Butler St. Ry. Co.
> Pittsburgh, Harmony New Castle & Butler Ry. Co.
> Pittsburgh, Mars & Butler Ry. Co.
> Butler Rys. Co.
> Beaver Valley Traction Co.
> Woodlawn & Southern St. Ry.
> Westmoreland County Ry. Co.
> Irwin-Herminie Traction Co.
> Fairchance & Smithfield Traction Co.
> Homestead & Mifflin St. Ry. Co.
> Duquesne & Dravosburg St. Ry. Co.
> Clairton St. Ry. Co.
> Port Vue St. Ry.
> Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon & Fayette City St. Ry. Co.
> Westside Electric St. Ry. Co.
> Altoona & Logan Valley Ry. Co. (5' 3")
> Harrisburg Rys. Co.
> Valley Railways
> Carlisle & Mt. Holly Ry. Co.
> Hershey Transit Co.
> Chambersburg & Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.
> Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro St. Ry. Co.
> Conestoga Transportation Co.
> Lancaster & York Furnace St. Ry. Co.
> Reading St. Ry.
> Ephrata & Lebanon Traction Co.
> Lykens Valley Ry. Co.
> Philadelphia Transportation Co. (5' 2-1/4")
> Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. (5' 2-1/4")
> Wilmington & Philadelphia Traction Co. (5' 2-1/4")
> Allentown & Reading Traction Co. (half)
> Philadelphia & Easton Electric Ry. Co. (5' 2-1/4")
> Trenton, Bristol & Philadelphia St. Ry. Co.
> 	and maybe a couple that I missed...Fred?
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> Clearly, his definition of "several" is different from mine.  His
> understanding of the Coke Region geography is tiny (he missed the  
> existence
> of the second parallel main line and doesn't grasp that the region
> encompassed far more than just Connellsville).
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> My purpose is not to pick nits here.  But the big thing that's  
> absent is
> interpretation in its own time.  He's taking what was there in 1951  
> and
> suggesting that's what it always was.  How egregious.
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> I'm glad I didn't spend the seven bucks on the magazine, though.   
> Clambake
> sells foam these days.
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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  
> Edward
> H. Lybarger
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:10 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn Railways
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> I wonder what exciting lies the captions contain.  I'll have to  
> look for it.
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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  
> Jerry
> "MATT" Matsick
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 3:52 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn Railways
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> Be sure to stop by your local "newstand" and pick up the Spring  
> 2010 Classic
> Trains Magazine.
> Great article and 6 technicolor  pictures of West Penn Railways,  
> first time
> I saw a shot with
> 6 in the yard at Conellsville..
>  Jerry "Matt" Matsick
> Jacksonville, Florida
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