[PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54

[Fred Schneider]

What picture.   Cannot find server.   Derrick!   


On Jun 26, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> I found this Bill Volkmer photo of PRCo 5432 on Forbes Avenue, Sept 8, 1956
> with the 54-Fifth & Craig St Only sign. This is obviously a revenue trip; so
> the 54 did operate as a separate line.
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 18:06, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
>> Yes, they traveled all over the place.  The poster doesn't put a day with
>> the date, or I could make a good guess.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
>> Brannon
>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 6:04 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54
>> 
>> The orchestra was in business from c1935 until 1972. Hard to say when they
>> were in Pittsburgh without doing a search of the newspapers.
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 17:11, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This could have been a railfan movement.  I never heard of PCC cars on
>>> 54, even though the sign may have been there.  If it's Lincoln Avenue
>>> loop, the topography appears to be OK.  The picture is so distorted
>>> that it's hard to put it all into perspective.
>>> 
>>> Now we just need to determine when the Johnny Long Orchestra was in
>>> Pittsburgh.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Bob Rathke
>>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:33 PM
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It doesn't look like Craft which didn't have a high hill close to the car
>>> house.   Possibly Carrick car house?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I also noted the sign on the car to the right advertising Vogue
>>> Terrace which was a dinner theater in East Pittsburgh; in it's heyday
>>> in the 30's and 40's it hosted big bands such as Lawrence Welk, and in
>>> the 50's singers and other entertainers. It was destroyed in a fire in
>> May, 1963.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>> 
>>> From: "Matthew R Barry" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:39:37 PM
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54
>>> 
>>> A short-working of 77/54?
>>> 
>>> Interesting photo.   Craft Car House maybe?
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>>> rayprco53 at verizon.net
>>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 2:29 PM
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Fw: Route 54
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>> Herb Brannon
>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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> Herb Brannon
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