[PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour

Edward H. Lybarger trams2 at comcast.net
Sat Dec 6 08:44:19 EST 2014 

Those pumps had been there a while.  Also, 1446, like M134, was not among
those taken by PAT.  It sat there with a number of others until the legal
wrangling was over, then scrapped.  Thus no PAAC sticker.

Ed

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider via Pittsburgh-railways
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 6:59 PM
To: Bob Rathke; Western PA Trolley discussion
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - Tenth
Street Bridge Used as Detour

I never knew that Gulf submitted a low bid to PAT (or bribed the county to
buy their gasoline).  


On Dec 5, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways wrote:

> Here's another trolley photo at a "gas station". I took the photo at
Tunnel Car House on April 4, 1965: PCC 1446 (44-Knoxville roll sign, but
sans white "PAAC" sticker) and M134 (ex-5432) posed near Gulf brand gas
pumps. 
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> From: "Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways" 
> <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" 
> <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:58:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - 
> Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour
> 
> Here's another photo of the Smithfield St. Bridge re-routing I took on
10/23/66. Taken at Carson and South 10th Streets looking west toward South
High Stadium. The trolley is 1637 on route 42/38, heading downtown via the
10th St. Bridge. Fred: note the Amoco gas station sign at the far right.  
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> To: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 4:51:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - 
> Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour
> 
> Thanks, Fred. I have a few other photos of trolleys/gas stations - I'll
search for them. 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>, "Western PA Trolley 
> discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:46:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - 
> Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour
> 
> Bob: 
> 
> I know that railfans are interested mostly in railways and the other
things wash off their backs.   But I must offer congratulations for you're
having gotten another piece of old Pittsburgh history into the picture, i.e.
the Gulf filling station. 
> 
> Without researching it, I could not tell you when it was that it vanished
as an independent oil company.   I only recall that someone tried to buy it
and Gulf objected.   Chevron came charging in on a white horse with Gulf's
blessing to save it.  But Chevron didn't save it.   They kept what they
wanted and sold off the rest.    The original name?   It came from the Gulf
of Mexico.     
> 
> fws
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 3, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways wrote: 
> 
>> I photographed the Carson St. re-routing on several of those weekends in
September and October, 1966 - at various locations including South 10th St.,
the Smithfield St. Bridge and 2nd Avenue.  Here's one of the slides, looking
north at Carson and 10th on 10/23/66.   
>> 
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>> From: "Matthew R via Pittsburgh-railways Barry" 
>> <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion 
>> (pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org)" 
>> <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:40:39 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - 
>> Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour
>> 
>> Good thing that the Tenth Street Bridge was still streetcar-operational
in September 1966 when the Smithfield Street Bridge had to be closed for
"six Sundays."  I think one of you had some jpegs of this unique operation.
Can just imagine taking a 42 Dormont by way of the Tenth Street Bridge and
back-tracking to the South Hills Trolley Tunnel. 
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>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ap1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dWwDAAAAIBAJ&p
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>> Matt
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