[PRCo] Re: FW: Snodders Switch

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Yes; the image is Carnegie loop but the "switch" was not located there
was it.  The switch is on the 78-line which needed double-end cars; PCCs
could never operate there.  The 1111 is on a charter which is known for
bogus destination signs.  Witness the photo of 1138 displaying Bon Air.
It wasn't a charter per se was it; it was sitting at the museum.
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Snodder's is 'about' a mile north of Wilkinsburg and further south of the
Allegheny as measured along its route.  Mr.Brannon identified the 
location on the museum map.
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More than location it would be interesting to know the origin of the
name.
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Phil





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> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
>Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 3:44 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: FW: Snodders Switch
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>Google Image search says the actual image was Carnegie:
>http://liquala.com/pcc-photo-49.html
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>On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Snodders Switch: pretty sure it was past what's now Robinson Blvd,
>> where Frankstown Ave/Rd was crossed.
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>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:36 PM, BobDietrich <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> I'm forwarding your query to the experts.  I'm sure we'll get an answer.
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>>> Bob
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>>> From: Don McFadden [mailto:]
>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 2:30 PM
>>> To: bob at dietrichsfam.com
>>> Subject: Snodders Switch
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>>> Hi,
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>>> I've had the attached slide in my files from a batch I bought long ago.  I
>>> got to wondering where Snodders Switch was, but haven't found it online
>>> anywhere.  I see the rte no is 78, and I did read in Ron Beal's wonderful
>>> Volume One book about PRCO that there once was a 78 Verona Oakmont line.
>>> The new CERA book has nothing on it.
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>>> And the only web reference I found was an article about a development along
>>> the Allegheny River that had "Snodders Switch" in the title, but no mention
>>> of it in the article.  So I assume it was somewhere along the Allegheny
>>> River.   Do you have any idea where it was?
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>>> Don McFadden
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>>> Hendersonville, NC, but grew up in Mt. Lebanon
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