[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Herb Brannon]

A couple of the photos in that series were taken at US Steel Wheel & Axle
Works which is at Nichol Avenue and Graham Street, McKees Rocks. Nichol is
the street on which the PRCo #24 line ran. Island Avenue is just above
Nichol Avenue.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:48, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> it looks like above island avenue in stowe, terrain-wise.
>
> >
> > 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
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
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> --
> Derrick
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park