[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Derrick Brashear]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> 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.


yeah. but that i can tell there was no white tower there, and i can't
find a spot that looks exactly like that.

there was a white tower on chartiers ave, until 2010. it's still in
the google streetview.

> 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
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>> >> --
>> >> 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
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Derrick