[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

Herb Brannon hrbran at cavtel.net
Wed Feb 29 09:46:35 EST 2012


If you look at other photos in the WGRF #14 Outing you see that some of
them were taken in McKees Rocks. Could the bus photo be in the McKees Rocks
area? The bus would have been assigned to Collier if that is the case.


On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 00:23, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> It looks like a White Tower which has been converted to a private owner
> restaurant.
>
> Reverse telephone number files place the PNB telephone number (on the sign
> on the building) in two possible places. One is Dravosburgh the other
> Coraopolis. Bear in mind that was 33 years ago also.
>
> In 1979 PATransit bus 2464 could have been at West Mifflin or Collier.
> Harmar Garage had 2400s but I remember them in the low numbers. It did not
> work out of  East Liberty because there were no 2400s there in 1979, only
> 2100s, 2300s, and 2500s in the PAT-purchased GMC new-look bus series. If
> that information helps narrow down the location. The bus probably was on a
> charter for the WGRF (Worlds Greatest RailFans).
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 23:49, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.pbase.com/michaeljsosalla/image/134077016
>>
>> That looks like a White Tower, but no White Tower I know of fits:
>> -6th St
>> -Liberty at William Penn
>> -Liberty at 11th
>> -Centre and Craig
>> -Chestnut by the Heinz Plant
>> -Cedar near East Ohio
>> -Penn Circle South at S Beatty
>> -Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks
>> -Forbes Avenue, Oakland
>>
>> There were a total of 15 White Towers in Pittsburgh, and that's 9 of them.
>> --
>> Derrick
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
>



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Herb Brannon
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