[PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

I recently viewed a neighbor's copy of the book.  It seems to
leave much to be desired doesn't it.  The museum map is
better than the one chosen for the book.


Phil


--- On Mon, 2/11/13, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map
To: pcc_sr at yahoo.com, "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
Date: Monday, February 11, 2013, 6:19 AM

The current PTM PRCo track map, while OK for "general" viewing of the system, leaves much to be desired when it comes to track detail and car-house track layouts. Something similar to
 the Toronto map I posted here is needed. The TTC map shows all switches, exact location of the track in the streets and on right of way, has all loops shown, and gives a schematic of all car-houses. I was hoping that "Transit In The Triangle" might have filled the gap concerning track maps, however, it only had the "straight line drawing" type of maps which have no detail.



On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:


I find the current Pgh trolley map quite sufficient Mr.Lybarger.  It does

have details for all track doesn't it, even non-revenue track.  The only

difference between this and the Toronto map is computer drawing

overlaid on a street map.  The computer map allows for enlargement

but this has drawbacks doesn't it.

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I prefer the printed page over a computer screen as print allows much

more detail for given area.  Zooming on the computer isolates a very

small area for detail making it difficult to see how it fits the whole

without constant zooming back and forth.  This is not a problem

with the printed page is it.

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A friend has a large format printer; I shall ask him to print the Toronto

map for study.

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Phil

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--- On Wed, 1/30/13, Edward H. Lybarger <ehlybarger at yahoo.com> wrote:



From: Edward H. Lybarger <ehlybarger at yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map

To: "'Western PA Trolley discussion'" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>

Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:55 AM



Unfortunately, there are many worthy publication projects that PTM might do,

but there are also too few people with too little time available to do them

or even supervise them.  I agree that the track map is one of them.



I used to be able to volunteer 1900+ hours annually to the museum, for

example, but last year it was down to 300+ hours.  Times and situations

change.



Ed



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