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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bob Brown was indeed a signal engineer at PRR/Pittsburgh in 1954 (he moved to Philadelphia two years later). I've been a PTM member fir 51 years now and knew Brownie well, but never heard this story before. But it sounds pure Brownie! However, the wire did get stolen at some point, perhaps after he was transferred.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ed</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 07:31:37 AM EDT, Daria Phoebe Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways <pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: bvolkmer <<a ymailto="mailto:bvolkmer@bellsouth.net" href="mailto:bvolkmer@bellsouth.net">bvolkmer@bellsouth.net</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 2:37 PM<br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [PRR] [<a ymailto="mailto:members@prslhs.com" href="mailto:members@prslhs.com">members@prslhs.com</a>] The George Weaver Interview<br></div><div dir="ltr">To: 104577.651 <<a ymailto="mailto:104577.651@compuserve.com" href="mailto:104577.651@compuserve.com">104577.651@compuserve.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cc: PRR Group <<a ymailto="mailto:prr@prr.groups.io" href="mailto:prr@prr.groups.io">prr@prr.groups.io</a>>, PRSLHS Members <<a ymailto="mailto:members@prslhs.com" href="mailto:members@prslhs.com">members@prslhs.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jim:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am sure that was Bob Brown's work. He, among other things, gave me<br></div><div dir="ltr">a full size HL controller out of a PRco. Low Floor car. In addition he<br></div><div dir="ltr">gave me the two necessary relays and showed me how to wire them up to<br></div><div dir="ltr">the internal sequence drum so that I was able to operate my O scale<br></div><div dir="ltr">trolleys using a real honest to god controller. I ultimately donated<br></div><div dir="ltr">that controller to Orange Empire Ry. Museum and I bet they are still<br></div><div dir="ltr">scratching their heads about what those two extra relays were for.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On another occasion i was walking around the Branford trolley museum<br></div><div dir="ltr">and saw a pair of legs sticking out from under a car. When the person<br></div><div dir="ltr">belonging to the legs surfaced I was amazed to find Brownie. I said<br></div><div dir="ltr">you are supposed to be at Arden. He dusted himself off and said,<br></div><div dir="ltr">"well I live in Philly so I alternate weekends between Arden and<br></div><div dir="ltr">Branford."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pretty amazing guy. Arden has a shelter named in his honor.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I don't know where on the PRR he was working in 1954. Pittsburgh likely.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bill<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Monday, August 10, 2020, 01:53:52 PM EDT, 104577.651<br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a ymailto="mailto:104577.651@compuserve.com" href="mailto:104577.651@compuserve.com">104577.651@compuserve.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing<br></div><div dir="ltr">You mentioned Mr. "Brownie" of Arden Electric Rwy. I wonder if he was<br></div><div dir="ltr">working for PRR in Pittsburgh in 1954? The museum bought what had<br></div><div dir="ltr">been an operating line of Pittsburgh Rwys. after abandonment, but<br></div><div dir="ltr">before dismantlement. Thus, there was still overhead copper trolley<br></div><div dir="ltr">wire, but no more electricity in it. To detect theft, someone<br></div><div dir="ltr">connected the ends of the now dead trolley wire over the museum's line<br></div><div dir="ltr">to a PRR signal wire on its adjacent branch line. If anything got<br></div><div dir="ltr">cut, an alarm would display in a PRR office in the big city. I wonder<br></div><div dir="ltr">if there is a personal connection with the 2 stories?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jim Boylan<br></div><div dir="ltr">(215) DE 1-4564<br></div><div dir="ltr">_._,_._,_<br></div><div dir="ltr">________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Groups.io Links:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You receive all messages sent to this group.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">View/Reply Online (#8660) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute<br></div><div dir="ltr">This Topic | New Topic<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [<a ymailto="mailto:shadow@gmail.com" href="mailto:shadow@gmail.com">shadow@gmail.com</a>]<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_._,_._,_<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">Daria Phoebe Brashear<br></div><div dir="ltr">AuriStor, Inc<br></div><div dir="ltr">dariaphoebe.com<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a ymailto="mailto:Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org" href="mailto:Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways" target="_blank">https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways</a><br></div></div>
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