[PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?

[Dwight Long]

Thanks, John

I’ve printed this out so that I can peruse it in detail.  It looks like fascinating material representative of a long-ago period in Pgh history!

Dwight

From: Dwight Long 
Sent: Thursday, 27 September, 2012 01:00
To: dwight Long 
Subject: Fw: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: "Pittsburgh Railways" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:45 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?


>   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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