[PRCo] Re: Fw: Re: wrong side of the river?

[John Swindler]

   Struggling to remember some PRC roster details - were there not 10 double end cars speeded up and assigned to Glenwood to work 56B, which terminated Evans Ave. in McKeesport??  4399 would be one of them. Upper left background - the two highway structures - lower one is Brady St. Bridge to Forbes Ave.; upper one is Blvd. of Allies outbound lane???
 > From: dwightlong at verizon.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Fw: Re: wrong side of the river?
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:12:10 -0400
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> 
> 
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > I think the whole shot is posed, auto and all, and is not on the Charleroi 
> > interurban line at all.
> >
> > I believe it is on 2nd avenue in the Hazelwood area just west of the Brady 
> > Street Bridge shown in the background.
> >
> > If you look closely you will see someone on the left hand side taking a 
> > phot.  You will also see that the shot is much newer than what is 
> > suggested. There is a truck that is newer than the 20s and there is an 
> > auto that is much newer, although it is hard to make out cause it's so far 
> > in the bkgrd.
> >
> > If this were 4398 one could be sure what it is, but the puzzler is that it 
> > is 4399.  I don't know the history of this car offhand.  Likely this was a 
> > fantrip with signs put up for effect.
> >
> > The putative location would be on Lincoln Avenue in Charleroi with the 
> > North Charleroi-Monessen bridge in the bkgrd.  However, nothing in the 
> > phot corresponds to Charleroi, but it does to 2nd Ave.  The info with the 
> > phot also suggests that and I think that supposition is correct.
> >
> > Now, what was the occasion and when?
> >
> > Dwight
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:59 AM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> >
> >
> >> Mr.Brashear,
> >>
> >> This looks like a case for Detective Lybarger doesn't it. We know
> >> the only place the Charleroi line crossed the Monongahela is downtown
> >> Pittsburgh isn't it. Thus the car is apparently heading south rather
> >> than north.
> >>
> >> Is it near Monongahela City? A bridge over a tributary is at Black
> >> Diamond Jct; double track leads to the Jct. But this does not seem
> >> to fit. It appears the car is on a bridge; the railing far side suggests
> >> this. It also seems rather new construction; paving is new as well.
> >> The bridge across the Monongahela doesn't fit this location does it.
> >>
> >> It looks like a coal tipple or associated structure spans the highway
> >> in the distance; I can not determine what the trolley tracks do at that
> >> distance. I am looking for evidence of single track.
> >>
> >> If the signs are correct this is a shuttle from Mongahela south and
> >> return not the Donora car. I can not detect the motorman at the
> >> controller. Did the car stop and pose for this picture? Do schedules
> >> reveal a run or train "86"?
> >>
> >> If the signs are correct this could be other places along the river
> >> from Mongahela south. Does it fit any other location?
> >>
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>________________________________
> >>> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
> >>>To: Pittsburgh Railways Group <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> >>>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:01 AM
> >>>Subject: [PRCo] wrong side of the river?
> >>>
> >>>Was route 906 on the west shore of the river ever? I assumed it was
> >>>always on the other side, only, and
> >>>thus the caption is incorrect?
> >>>
> >>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_beveridge/8014098467/
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>>Derrick
> >>>
> >>
> > 
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