[PRCo] Re: Photo Trivia

Wed Nov 10 10:39:03 EST 2010

Hi Derrick

I cheated - met with Jim Parks of Camtran yesterday.

He said there are also some bridge piers, but I had to get back to Hgb.

I'm sending Jim with his American Legion motorcycle buddies to PTM.  He never knew PTM existed.  Said it would be a good day trip and he wants to see JTC 350.  His father worked as electric motor repair for JTC.

cheers
John

> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:28:01 -0500
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo Trivia
> From: shadow at gmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> I recognize the location of shot 24. Armed with only crude maps I went
> and tracked that line as a high school student.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:54 AM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Herb
> >
> > How about the following attached photos.  To make it easy, Ed and Fred were looking for this abandoned right of way about ten years ago.  The recollection is that we concluded that this electric railway had been abandoned so long ago that no evidence remained.
> >
> > Pictures taken yesterday, and #12 gives away the general locale.
> >
> > For that matter, guess the attachment name gives the line.  Guess the only mystery left for Ed and Fred is actual location - that we could not find before.
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: hrbran at cavtel.net
> >> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:00:06 -0500
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo Trivia
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >>
> >> I have to come up with more mysterious photos. Ed and Fred are too good.
> >> In Photo 1, the other trivial thing is that there is a set of twins walking
> >> down the sidewalk, toward the camera. How many times do a set of twins get
> >> into a random photo shot?
> >>
> >> In Photo 2, I did not see the hose jumpers. It looked like the fire engine
> >> was drawing water ala San Francisco via an in-street cistern. But now the
> >> hose jumpers come into play. The windshield is probably a damaged spot. It
> >> almost looks like an object was thrown at the windshield. But then, this
> >> photo is the 1930s, not the 1960s.
> >>
> >> In Photo 3, the thing I though someone might miss is that the traffic
> >> signal facing the crosswalk at Ft Pitt Blvd is lit with the Amber Over
> >> Green. A truly Pittsburgh thing...........taken away by our "friends" in the
> >> US Department of Transportation. You also noted the placement of the street,
> >> which changed after the parkway was built through this area.
> >>
> >> In Photo 4, it is my opinion, as a former PCC operator, that the taxi is
> >> about to have the left rear quarter panel ironed out by the trolley. The
> >> location of the track in proximity to the location of the taxi would not
> >> allow for passage of any trolleys. If the operator were eyeing the
> >> clearance, from this air-electric car, he should be turned more toward the
> >> taxi and slightly out of his seat. Hopefully, he has already noticed this
> >> and is sitting stopped waiting for the taxi driver or a route foreman.
> >>
> >> I will try to find more complicated photos next time.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 17:53, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > 1) It's Market Square. There's a steam leak...a lot of the Downtown was
> >> > serviced by Allegheny County Steam Heating Co., who seems to losing a bit
> >> > of
> >> > its product here.
> >> >
> >> > 2) The fire hose goes back and under the hose jumpers. I think the
> >> > "thing"
> >> > on the windshield is post-printing damage rather than a thrown object.
> >> >
> >> > 3) Lots of things...the B&O Station itself, streetcars on the bridge,
> >> > green/yellow traffic light cycle, conventional street lights. Probably
> >> > more.
> >> >
> >> > 4) The cab may lose a fender, and the Capp Express trailer may receive a
> >> > divot.
> >> >
> >> > Ed
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> >> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
> >> > Brannon
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:35 PM
> >> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> > Subject: [PRCo] Photo Trivia
> >> >
> >> > Two things are possible with each of the attached four photos. Either I
> >> > need
> >> > information concerning the photo or there is something of interest (trivial
> >> > interest, which we know is interesting) in these photos. I will give my
> >> > questions about each photo and maybe someone can give an answer.
> >> > Photo 1--Is this Market Square or Penn Station? I'm guessing Market Square.
> >> > Anyone know for sure? There is another interesting/trivial thing in the
> >> > photo.
> >> >
> >> > Photo 2--A fire at the Granada Theater in the Hill District in the 1930s.
> >> > Two things are "different" in the photo. Where is the fire hose going after
> >> > it comes out of the fire engine? What, if anything, just struck the window
> >> > of the automobile in the foreground?
> >> >
> >> > Photo 3--This is the former configuration of the intersection at the
> >> > city-end of the Smithfield Street Bridge. What thing(s) in the photo will
> >> > we
> >> > never see in reality any longer?
> >> >
> >> > Photo 4--The trolley is turning from Penn onto Sixth. The operator is
> >> > looking straight ahead. What is about to happen?
> >> >
> >> > Let me know what you find.
> >> > The last photo is just the colorized version of a famous, well viewed photo
> >> > of the first PCCs for PRCo. We may or may not have seen this photo on The
> >> > List before.
> >> > --
> >> > Herb Brannon
> >> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >> >
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> >> --
> >> Herb Brannon
> >> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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> 
> -- 
> Derrick
> 
> 