[PRCo] Re: Post-Gazette photo archives

[Bob Rathke]

I remember the night the explosion occured. Several kids in our neighborhood were members of Sarah Heinz House where the father, Robert Moulis, was on the athletic staff. 

Bob  


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From: "Matthew R Barry" <mrb190 at pitt.edu> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 11:18:07 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Post-Gazette photo archives 

Unfortunately, a very tragic story accompanying the photo. Â Wow. 

My hunch is those tracks weren't removed or paved over for several years to come. Â Even in the early to mid-60s, the tracks would appear through the asphalt, further up East Ohio, just beyond the 40th Street Bridge, along the whole section where the Millvale car house was. Â  And a full section of tracks ramping up toward Etna on East Ohio existed for years just beyond Evergreen Road. Â  Always caused a little bit of melancholy for me, I think, never having witnessed any Millvale or Etna cars in action. Â  Â Right across the river, we were busy riding the Frankstown and flying fraction cars a great deal. 

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Derrick Brashear 
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 1:04 PM 
To: Pittsburgh Railways Group 
Subject: [PRCo] Post-Gazette photo archives 

A look at some of their old photos. 

The notable one for us is at the bottom of the page, when East Ohio Street still had tracks and was not effectively a semi-limited access highway. 

http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/ 

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Derrick