[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Derrick Brashear]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> 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.

Pittsburgh never had White Castle. The nearest White Castle is currently Akron.
I checked 2 days ago for unrelated reasons.

> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:48, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >> 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
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> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Derrick