[PRCo] Re: PRCo Photos

[John Swindler]

1555 probably on safety island on Stanwix at Penn with Horne's in background.
 
1793 on Penn turning onto 7th to head across 7th St. bridge.  15 used 6th st. bridge while 10 used 7th/9th St. bridges.
 
 And 1740 is the easiest of all.  Taken at about the location of the fare collector's booth at current day Castle Shannon LRT station looking towards the city end of the station.  The apartments with tall chimneys on left behind foliage are still there.  Why the easiest???  During an internal audit of high platform station conditions last fall, I told a PAT safety officer to take a good look at the Castle Shannon parking lot and I would send him a picture of what it looked like.  I had in mind the ---  1019(?) fantrip which bent a pole at this wye.  Instead sent this pix with a current day view looking down the platform. 
 
Cheers
John

 

> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRCo Photos
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:11:50 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
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> That was my instinct too but you're never quite sure of wooded scenes. I didn't believe that Clearview had a wye connection from the southend (and I still don't believe it) but we all forget with time.
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> The downtown picture is, of course, 6th and Penn. 
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> On Jun 27, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Dwight Long wrote:
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> > Herb
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> > 1740 is outbound on one of the Rt. 42/38 trips that were extended in rush hours over Rt. 38A from Clearview Loop to Castle Shannon. It is making the turn onto its outer loop at Castle Shannon. Interurban cars to Washington, Charleroi, Library or Drake which went outbound via Beechview would have proceeded straight ahead at this switch. The 38A loop was also the training track for prospective PRC motormen.
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> > Hope this is useful.
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> > Dwight
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Herb Brannon 
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> > Cc: Herb Brannon 
> > Sent: Friday, 24 June, 2011 20:04
> > Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Photos
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> > This is the first time I have seen these three photos. Two are from PRCo
> > days and one is PATransit. Photographers unknown. Locations are approximate.
> > Maybe someone on The List knows something about these.
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> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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