PRC, PAT, JTC photos

[Robert E. Rathke]

Jim,

I'm not sure if the locations and dates have been added to the Light Rail
System page yet, but the photo of 1690 was taken in Feb., 1966 a couple
of months before Fineview was abandoned.  The night photo of 1678 was
taken at the Charles St. layover; this was the last car on the line on
4-30-66, buy this website view is of its second-last trip on Fineview.

The two PCC photos on Spring Hill were taken in 1957; the double-end car
was photographed in April, 1946 as the loop was being constrcted in the
background; the photo of the PCC in the loop is the last car on Spring
Hill in October, 1957.

There are a number of my photos of electric freight motors (Iowa
Terminal, Toledo Edison, Sacramento Northern, Mason City & Clear Lake,
etc.) on the website - the best way to find them is to scroll down the
home page to the "New" section, and look in the summary pages that were
uploaded in October.  See if you can find the freight motor with the
trolley pole having at least 3 sharp bends in it!

Bob 11/7

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The 21st Century starts on January 1, 2001.  Just a reminder.

On Sat, 06 Nov 1999 21:22:12 -0800 Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
writes:
>Greetings!
>
>Robert E. Rathke wrote:
>> 
>> On October 31,  I sent the following e-mail to the list, and a few 
>days
>> ago I got it back with an indication that it may not have been 
>delivered.
>>  So, just in case, here it is again...
>> 
>> Some more of my old PRC, PAT and JTC photos have been uploaded to 
>the
>> Fallen Flags website (www.dnaco.net/~gelwood).  From the home page,
>> scroll down to the "L" section and then click on "Light Rail 
>Systems".  A
>> few of my 5-Spring Hill and 21-Fineview (including the last car on 
>the
>> line), M11 and last days of JTC photos are there.  This page is 
>still
>> under construction, so not all of the photos are uploaded yet, and 
>some
>> of the captions need more words (e.g., dates and locations).  The 
>photo
>> of PCC 1690 on Fineview in the snow is one of my favorites.
>
>	That's an understatement!  Looks like PRCo gave 1690 a 
>repainting into
>the "Half-n-a-Half-n-a" paint scheme not long before it was gobbled up
>by ({[PAT]})!
>
>	I also particularly like the shot of 1689 uphill on the 21 as 
>it really
>gives excellent perspective concerning the grades.  Additionally, I
>noticed that a cover was placed on the roof vent for winter.  Seems 
>all
>divisions of PRCo did this except South Hills.  But the car was 
>probably
>operating from South Hills under ({[PAT]}).  And 1678 looks like it 
>was
>a little tipsy when she applied the lipstick!
>
>	I also explored more of the website looking for electric 
>properties
>even under the Misc headings and found an interesting shot of your for
>Yakima, the Toledo Edison and its bent pole, and the Oshand, Ontario
>freight motor.
>
>	I took a look at some of the railroad photos because of the 
>date (the
>older the better) and particularly liked *Nevada Northern in Ely steam
>1939* for that reason and because I have been through Ely.  While
>certain areas may not appeal to various people, I can always 
>appreciate
>the beauty of a region and Nevada has some striking beauty of its own.
>
>	I also pulled up this photo of yours because of the location 
>in
>Jamestown (http://gelwood.railfan.net/other/misc/sier-s38.jpg) 
>*2-6-6-2
>38 Jamestown CA - 7/16/54 {Bob Rathke Collection}.*  While the photo 
>was
>loading I thought it couldn't possibly be a 2-6-6-2, but it sure was!
>
>	I was also impressed with the variety of roster information 
>offered for
>the different railroads and even models in various scales for some 
>RRs. 
>Is this where you plan to post a detailed roster of PRCo 
>equipment?!?!?!
>
>James B. Holland
>------- -- ---------
>        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 
>1953
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