[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive

[Bob Rathke]

Reminds me of a trip on an Amtrak train between Philadelphia and NYC in 1988.  The train was over-crowded and the  conductor was complaining that his job would be easier if all those pe ople hadn't jammed the train....and then a passenger reminded the conductor that all those people were paying his salary. 



Bob     



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From: "George W. Gula" <scranton-pa at comcast.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 10:31:17 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive 

> Especially those nasty patrons. Â They just cluttered the picture no end. 
> And what good were they, anyway? 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org 
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Fred 
> Schneider 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:14 PM 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive 
> 
> And heaven forbid that we should allow a passenger or an employe to get into 
> the picture! Â  :<) 
> 
> 
> On Nov 30, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote: 
> 
>> This is where it is. Â The car is outbound. 
>> 
>> The thing that strikes me about most of these is how little of the 
>> surrounding geography is shown. Â Why do we dote on the equipment and 
>> not on where it worked? Â The airplane people do the same thing...it 
>> would be great to see airport facilities as they were in their time, 
>> but the photographers for the most part didn't capture that. 
>> 
>> I guess that I and a few of my friends are the oddballs. 
>> 
>> Ed 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org 
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of 
>> John Swindler 
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:36 PM 
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> How about the stop before this outbound 56 car ducks under Lebanon 
>> Church Road?? 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: mrb190 at pitt.edu 
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
>>> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:26:29 -0500 
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive 
>>> 
>>> If I happened to send you folks this link before, I am sorry for the 
>> duplication. There is this part of me that seems to recall seeing it 
>> before, however, I don't recognize several of the photos within. 
>>> http://photos.cityrails.net/show/?order=byrail&page=1&key=Pittsburgh% 
>>> 2 
>>> 0Railways For instance, this one: 
>>> http://photos.cityrails.net/showpic/?photo=201012172248198947.jpg&ord 
>>> e r=byrail&page=4&key=Pittsburgh%20Railways 
>>> 
>>> Might this view be of the area on the 56 line, where Interboro Avenue 
>>> is 
>> above the streetcar, and were the streetcar be headed in the opposite 
>> direction, it would soon be at the intersection of Interboro at 
>> Mifflin Road? 
>>> 
>>> Matt 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Â  
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
The photo of PRCo 1560 is outbound on Route 56 at Grandview Trestle. That is 
the local terminology for the bridge that carried Lebanon Church Road over 
the Route 56 tracks. 

George Gula