[milwaukee-electric] Re: 37th & Wells on PROW

[Ken and Tracie]

Don't forget all those photos of 639, taken during the 1949 fantrip, all 
over the system. One even shows it on Route 12, bearing a Route 12 sign.

They even stopped it next to a Rapid Transit articulated and rolled the 
latter's sign to reflect a destination on the abandoned Milwaukee Northern 
Division, then took photos..

And the 1100 fantrip on the Hales Corner line during the late 1940s, 
displaying destination signs such as "East Troy", "Burlington" and even 
never reached "Lake Geneva."

Then there's the photo of that same fantrip, taken at the Cold Spring Road 
stop shelter. I believe the caption reads that the photo dates from the late 
1920s. The peeling paint on the shelter and the insulation peeling off the 
feeder cables indicates otherwise.

The trips with 966 and 972 brought out some odd stuff, too, like dash signs 
reading "Downer" and "Farwell."

Or showing Route 23 in the box while passing the Wells Street power plant.

And of course, a Curvesider on the Hales Corner and Rapid Transit lines, 
displaying Shaker Heights destinations.

A few Pittsburgh rollsigns had whimsical destinations such as "Toonerville" 
and "Bat Cave Via Gotham City." Others show a Pittsburgh rollsign in a 
Toronto PCC during a fantrip and a St.Louis rollsign in a Pittsburgh PCC 
during another fantrip.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don L. Leistikow" <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:43 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: 37th & Wells on PROW


> Ken and list:   The two westbound cars are likely two Charter Cars that
> were plying the WELLS line on the final day of operation or ... the
> weekend before. As I recall, the 966 and 972 were so used as many photos
> were taken of them, notably on the Wauwatosa prow alondside the MILW
> Road between 72nd and Harwood.
>
> There are two clues to such Charters, mainly the lack of a Run Number
> and a blank Route Sign although, on request, the motorman would crank in
> a Route Number, ususally number 10 for a photographer.
>
> Then there were the rare but occassional requests from a photographer,
> for a Route Sign number other than that which would apply to the photo
> location.   Controversy would then develop among serious photographers
> and historians as to where the photo was taken.  Notably, the 500 class
> car with a 23(?) Route Number, that was photographed at End of Line on
> Route 40.
>
> Don L.
>
>