[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive

[Dwight Long]

Fred

How far down the branch?  It is possible that the PCC just pulled, or backed, down the branch for a fot op, if the fot is near Black Diamond.  If much further toward Smog City, then your theory becomes more plausible.

Dwight

From: Fred Schneider 
Sent: Friday, 02 December, 2011 17:23
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org ; Dwight Long 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive
Interesting.  I have a picture of one of the PCCs on the Donora spur, leading me to believe they went down to Donora and back after wying there.  



On Dec 1, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Dwight Long wrote:

> Ken
> 
> Yes, 1646 was the second car on this trip.  It was used mainly by members and guests of the Akron Railroad Club.  The date of the trip was 27 July 1952.
> 
> Just to clarify matters, the side trip to Donora was done in service cars, 1700-series PCC to Black Diamond and DE Jones car from there to Donora and back. This was in lieu of having lunch in Charleroi.  The wye at the Donora station was still in situ then, but I don’t know whether it was operable.  Does anyone on this list know of any enthusiast trips that used SE cars into Donora and turned on the wye?
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> Dwight
> 
> From: Ken and Tracie 
> Sent: Thursday, 01 December, 2011 12:36
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive
> I have a negative showing 1614 and 1646 on a fantrip. I believe I posted on 
> this list some time ago. If you search this list's photo archive, you may 
> find it. If not, I can check my stored digital files or scan it again.
> 
> K.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:28 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive
> 
> 
>> Does anyone on The List know "Tom O'Toole"  ?
>> I notice that just about all the photos were placed on that website by Tom
>> O'Toole in 2010 or 2011. I thought Tom O'Toole was no longer with us. He
>> used to run the "O'Toole Lines" model traction business out of his house 
>> in
>> Richmond Heights, OH. Is he still around?
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 21:40, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Matt
>>> 
>>> There are other charter trip photos in that series, including another one
>>> of
>>> the July 1952 1614 trip, and one of the 1450 at Kennywood the day after
>>> service ended on Rt 68.
>>> 
>>> The shot of the PCC on "Roscoe Loop" is interesting.  Note the double end
>>> car entering the loop.  Was this a tripper or a fantrip?  PRC called this
>>> loop "Elco Loop,"  although as Ed L. has pointed out, it was not actually
>>> in
>>> Elco but just at the border between Roscoe and Elco and wholly on the
>>> Roscoe
>>> side.  The reason for the Elco name was to distinguish it from the Roscoe
>>> stop, which was at Downes Store, a short distance north of the loop. 
>>> Downes
>>> Store was, in addition to being the 1950s version of a convenience food
>>> market, an agency station for PRC.  Operators on this route usually took
>>> spot time there, rather than at Elco.
>>> 
>>> Dwight
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Barry, Matthew R" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
>>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:26 PM
>>> 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%20Railways
>>>> For instance, this one:
>>>> 
>>> http://photos.cityrails.net/showpic/?photo=201012172248198947.jpg&order=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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> -- 
>> Herb Brannon
>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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