[PRCo] Re: FW: Snodders Switch

[Derrick Brashear]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

I suppose I could look at old census data too.


-- 
Derrick