[PRCo] Re: 'maybe' not East McKeesport, another theory

[Dwight Long]

SOB, et.al.

Just don't forget that the mystery station that everyone thought for sure 
was on a Pa. tram line turned out to be the Lafayette St. Station of the 
C&LE in TOLEDO, OHIO!

Perhaps this mystery photo, which I have never seen, is not even in the 
Commonwealth of Pa.?

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert netzlof" <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:55 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 'maybe' not East McKeesport, another theory


> --- On Tue, 11/29/11, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> if there's no creek, could it be anywhere south of tyrone
>> to altoona?
>> did the predecessor to 220 ever exist that close to the
>> valley wall on
>> the east?
>
> Indeed, as one leaves Bellwood on the way toward Tyrone, 220 gets quite 
> close to the foot of Brush Mountain as does the PRR main and as did the 
> Altoona trolley line. But so does the Little Juniata River. So there's no 
> no creek in that stretch.
>
> I was a bit surprised to see on the 192-something Tyrone quad that the 
> street car turned at Tyrone and ran a mile and a half or so eastward along 
> the Little Juniata. That might open up another possible place or two. 
> Nothing I can see there, however seems to fit as well as Mann Narrows, 
> objections raised so far not withstanding.
>
> Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob
>