[PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley lines
Bob Rathke
bobrathke at comcast.net
Thu Apr 24 16:09:35 EDT 2014
I'd question the basis of PAT's 1960's claim. In the mid-60's Toronto had more trolleys - and probably track miles too - than Pittsburgh.
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From: "D Brashear" <shadow at dementix.org>
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
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Subject: Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley lines
an ad in yesterday's City Paper from the Port Authority points out that
Pittsburgh had the largest remaining trolley system in the US in the 1960s.
i find this ironic.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Here's a link is to a 9/5/65 article in the Pittsburgh Press, posted
> today at the West View Historical Society:
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> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19650905&id=9gwvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5394%2C1084868
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