[PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?

[Dwight Long]

Herb

Perhaps.  But the point is that the fot, now correctly identified, is legit.  

Phil has come up with several plausible explanations for the ephemera.   Take your pick!

Dwight

From: Herb Brannon 
Sent: Friday, 28 September, 2012 12:40
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
Then kindly explain the trolley pole and hangar. There is another photo in
there.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net>wrote:

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> Ed
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> Bravo!
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> This is one where the answer is right before one=E2=80=99s face, but too =
> obscured to see it!  I was on that trip, and took extensive fots,  =
> INCLUDING ONE AT THAT LOCATION, which is MIA, as are the negatives.  But =
> to add support to your answer, here is a shot of 4398 on that trip but =
> with a Finleyville top sign up=E2=80=94this taken on the Union Avenue =
> spur on the North Side.
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> What threw me, and perhaps others, off is that the reproduction is so =
> poor that we misread the car number, I as 4399 and someone else as 4333, =
> both of which are reasonable interpretations of what can be seen in the =
> posted fot.  I should have gone back into my records=E2=80=94the answer =
> would have popped up from them.  Not the first time I=E2=80=99ve been =
> led down the primrose path by one little errant =E2=80=9Cfact.=E2=80=9D
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> Thanks for your help in resolving this once and for all.  Sorry, Herb!
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> Dwight
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> From: Edward H. Lybarger=20
> Sent: Friday, 28 September, 2012 08:55
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org=20
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> Sorry, I've been away and am not up to date on emails (nor have I begun =
> to
> read the new book, copy of which I obtained Monday).  This photo is =
> exactly
> where the caption says it is.  The car was operating in fantrip service =
> on
> June 12, 1955.  The signs are absolutely meaningless here.
>
> Ed
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> Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:59 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
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> Mr.Brashear,
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> 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.=20
> I am looking for evidence of single track.
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> 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?
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> Phil
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> >________________________________
> > 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?
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> >Was route 906 on the west shore of the river ever? I assumed it was=20
> >always on the other side, only, and thus the caption is incorrect?
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> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_beveridge/8014098467/
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park