[PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?

[John Swindler]

   Just adding something else to ponder.  Not from Pittsburgh digital site.  (sending as email improves my chances of finding in future)  http://books.google.com/books?id=5XYrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q&f=false   
 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:22:05 -0700
> From: pcc_sr at yahoo.com
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> 
> Mr.Brannon!  You definitely have "something" with the extra hanger;
> it is in a different-higher plane than the running wires with 'span wire'
> that disappears at the left running wire.  Also note how the two outside
> wires 'appear' further apart at the next span; they should appear
> closer shouldn't they.
> The truck appears fine to me but it can be the monitor, my eyes, a
> combination of these can't it.
> 
> I am not convinced of a burn-in or feathering for hilites.  That over
> "Mon City" looks chopped and ragged.  It still gives a 'hint' of a
> picture through the back window of an auto.
> 
> To consider other possibilities, double exposures were a problem
> if the film wasn't wound or the photographer forgets not winding.
> 
> The asphalt paving at this time and the surrounding construction
> suggests something recent where a temporary shoofly might be
> built on top of the roadway on our left for bi-directional travel.
> Another trolley wire(s) could be strung for temporary use.
> 
> Probably not photoshopped but could be dark room magic of
> the day to accomplish something similar just for fun.  It is a
> charter so why not go further and create something unusual.
> 
> Shall we ever know for certain?
> 
> 
> Phil
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> >________________________________
> > From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:52 PM
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> > 
> >As long as I keep seeing rear-truck wheels which do not match up to the running-rails in the street and as long as I keep seeing a "third" trolley wire hangar in between the two outside trolley wires it is pretty obvious that this is a made-up job.
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