[PRCo] PRCo Route72

[Herb Brannon]

Bob,
I'm surprised that a train with the name, "Afternoon Steeler" was permitted
inside Cleveland Union Terminal.


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

> I watched the first westbound train to leave Penn St ation on that bridge
> in 1955 - the Afternoon Steeler to Cleveland.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:26:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo  Route72
>
> Anyone else would have bought a 4-8-4.    Change that.   Anyone else with
> brains would have bought a diesel.   Think of NP, GN, Southern, ACL, SAL,
> ATSF, even Reading … all those who proved during WW2 how well EMD's product
> worked.
>
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Dwight Long wrote:
>
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Done so that T1 locos would not stall leaving the station westbound.
>  The rigid frame caused the drivers to bind up on the curve, and most
> westbound trains with T1s had to be assisted by a snapper to get out of the
> station.
> >
> > Of course before the project was finished, so were the T1s.
> >
> > Dwight
> >
> > From: Bob Rathke
> > Sent: Thursday, 11 July, 2013 12:55
> > To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Route72
> > That bridge from the PRR station to the 6-track double-deck bridge over
> the Allegheny River was replaced by the current bridge (with a more gradual
> curve) in the spring of 1955.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Raymond Lattner" <rlattner at pa.gov>
> > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion (
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org)" <
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:22:33 AM
> > Subject: [PRCo] PRCo  Route72
> >
> > Attached is a pic of route 72 Bloomfield car. Penn ave. downtown.
> >
> >> From
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> > Ray
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Herb Brannon
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