[PRCo] Plummer Street Car House

[D Brashear]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Jim,
>
> The W in Fred W. Schneider stands for Windy.   :<)
>
> You are bringing back memories …. very fond memories Jim.   The week
> beginning March 28 and ending around April 6th, 1953 was my spring break
> from 8th grade.   Monday I rode the interurban to Washington and Tuesday I
> rode the Charleroi line.   That was back in the days when teenagers knew
> what the limits were and could even go into stores unattended without being
> evicted.   Don't know about your neighborhood, but I know of some malls
> today (South Hills Village for example) that will not let kids under 18 in
> without a parent or guardian.
>

"Those days" included my teen years. I routinely shopped unattended,
including at SHV.

>
> OK, come Saturday … that would be April 4th, I had documents from
> Pittsburgh Railways to let my father and me into both Plummer Street and
> Tunnel car houses to take pictures.   My father, being a model builder and
> an engineer, was more interested than I was.   The shop foeman at Plummer
> Street was telling him all about the maintenance practices and he was
> enthralled.   Me, I was doubled over in pain.
>
>
Plummer St's Thorofare nee Giant Eagle is currently being reopened as a
Busy Beaver home improvement center. Think a smaller Home Depot/Lowes with
less stuff (and in some cases, not as good. they used to be better but they
are sort of a local discount home improvement chain). There are banners up
outside, or were when I biked past last week.

--
Daria



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