[PRCo] Re: I miss the Harmony Route...

[Dwight Long]

Phil

That is not so far fetched.  Every photo I’ve seen of a Harmony Route interurban, even of the Gunboats, shows a combination car.  A bicycle could easily have been stowed in the baggage compartment.  Also, Harmony cars were two man right to the end so there was no problem with sufficient “person power” to hoist a bike up into the baggage compartment and to lower it back down to the ground. Probably even a small motorcycle could have been accommodated. But I’m assuming that Derrick’s bike is a pedal bike, not a motor bike.

Perhaps Derrick will tell us more about his rides on those cars.  Before my time, unfortunately, although I’ve seen plenty of remains of the line.

Dwight

From: Phillip Clark Campbell 
Sent: Sunday, 23 September, 2012 16:42
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: I miss the Harmony Route...
Did you take your bike on the Harmony Interurban
in years past, Mr.Brashear? :-)

Phil






>________________________________
> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>To: Pittsburgh Railways Group <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:23 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] I miss the Harmony Route...
> 
>A week and 7 hours ago, someone broke into my car to steal a few bucks
>(maybe $4),
>so this week has been, de facto, accepting of my friend Stu's "168
>hour car free challenge"
>
>http://www.myspace.com/unicycleintransit/blog/427287240
>
>At this point, I already use a bicycle and less often a bus in
>combination to get a lot of places.
>