[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Bob Rathke]

White Castle restaurants are all over the Chicago area and suburbs, and new ones continue to be built.  Their h amburgers are small but cheap. 
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From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:25:03 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: so where was it? 

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