[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Photo Archive

[Dwight Long]

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

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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
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> 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?
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> Matt
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