[PRCo] Re: Brookline Loop

[Herb Brannon]

I need to give a correction to my last post to this thread. The address I
was looking for is 1306 Brookline Blvd, which is the location of the former
Brookline Loop. I have no idea where "1901" came from.
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On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> Derrick's map was what I needed. Why I wanted something detailed is
> because I'm trying to get an apartment in a building at 1901 Brookline
> Blvd. I thought that was where the loop was, and it is. The building sits
> on top of the former loop and a lot more of the land around the loop.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> In the late 1940's my uncle (who worked for West Penn Power ) lived on
>> Greencrest Drive, near Brookline Blvd. and a short distance  east of the
>> route 39 loop. Besides the trolley rides there, another attraction was to
>> go upstairs at night to watch the orange glow in the sky as slag was being
>> dumped in West Mifflin near highway Rt. 51.
>>
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>>
>> Bob
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:00:46 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Brookline Loop
>>
>> Can't get much more detailed than this:
>>
>> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry;cc=maps;entryid=x-096e1947
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Herb,
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>> > I have 1960's photos of most of the PRW end of the line if that helps.
>> >
>> >
>> > Bob
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> >
>> > From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>> > To: "Pittsburgh Railways Group" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:19:23 AM
>> > Subject: [PRCo] Brookline Loop
>> >
>> > I'm looking for a more detailed map of Brookline Loop and the adjoining
>> > streets other than the PTM 1959 track diagram.  Existing PRCo history
>> > books, including the new Transit in the Triangle, contain only the llne
>> > drawings which are worthless when the exact location of trackwork is
>> > required.
>> > Anyone know where such track maps are available?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Herb Brannon
>> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
>> >
>> > (Soon to be in Pittsburgh)
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>> --
>> Derrick
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> --
> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
>



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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park