[PRCo] Re: Post-Gazette photo archives

[Fred Schneider]

The track department kept their operation at Millvale for some time afterward until it was moved to Glenwood.   I remember taking a bus out to Millvale in April 1955 and photographing the work cars in the track yard.   


On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Barry, Matthew R wrote:

> Unfortunately, a very tragic story accompanying the photo.  Wow.
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> My hunch is those tracks weren't removed or paved over for several years to come.  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.   And a full section of tracks ramping up toward Etna on East Ohio existed for years just beyond Evergreen Road.   Always caused a little bit of melancholy for me, I think, never having witnessed any Millvale or Etna cars in action.    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
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> A look at some of their old photos.
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> 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.
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> http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/
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> Derrick
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