[PRCo] Re: CVSR operations

[Herb Brannon]

I don't know if that organization was a forerunner of the current CVSR or
not. I will have to check out the archives at the railroads main office.
In rethinking the year of the steam trip. it was September 1975 and did go
to Brownsville Jct.

You will have to come to the CVSR this September for our "Steam in the
Valley" event.

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 22:59, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

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> The photos I sent were of Cuyahoga Valley Line trips in Sept., 1975. They
> ran on the P&LE from Pittsburgh to Brownsville Jct. in southwestern Pa. ,
> and were pulled by ex-Grand Trunk Western 2-8-2 4070.
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> The Pittsburgh trips brochure says that they were sponsore d by the
> Allegheny Railroad Company which was based in Akron, and affil iated with
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> Si milar CVL trips also operated on the B&O line south from Peninsula, Ohio
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2011 7:16:11 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: CVSR
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> I did ride one of the steam excursions from P & LE Station eastbound to
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> point east or east and south of Pittsburgh in either 1976 or 1977. Were
> these photos one of those trips? I remember the trip but not who sponsored
> it. I will have to check at the railroad office on trips running out of
> Pittsburgh. I have worked with CVSR for three years now but don't know too
> much about the early history.. I really have to go to the office and check
> out the archives. Thanks for the excellent photos.
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 16:13, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
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> > Attached are some photos I took of Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-0 4070 when
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> > operated out of both Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the mid-70's. The river
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> > - Leaving the P&LE station.
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> > - Exiting the U.S. Steel Homestead Works and crossing the P&LE bridge
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> > - Opposite the USS Clairton Coke Works.  Those green P&LE box cars were
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2011 2:59:14 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: FYI ONLY --- Not PRCo --- Government Shutdown
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> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park