[PRCo] Re: FW: Snodders Switch

[Derrick Brashear]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Phillip Clark Campbell
<pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
> .
> .
> 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.

And I did as well in my previous email:

"Snodders Switch: pretty sure it was past what's now Robinson Blvd,
where Frankstown Ave/Rd was crossed."

> More than location it would be interesting to know the origin of the
> name.

Wild guess: family named Snodder in Penn Township. If only sheet 295 existed.
http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry;cc=maps;entryid=x-231e1938


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Derrick