[PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley lines

[D Brashear]

51st state?


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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> 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.
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> i find this ironic.
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> 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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