[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Herb Brannon]

Could it have been an old White CASTLE restaurant? They were similar to
White Tower in design. Most of them are gone now. Cleveland has a few
remaining and Pittsburgh shows one remaining.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:06, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> 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
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park