Brill Coaches

[Robert E. Rathke]

I took a couple of photos of trolley coaches on Superior Avenue in
Cleveland in the mid-50's after the trolleys had been abandoned.  The
trolley coaches were gone by the time I moved to Cleveland in the late
60's - anyone know when the TC's there were abandoned?

Bob 11/8
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 09:46:48 -0500  "Vigrass, Bill"
<billvigrass at hillintl.com> writes:
>I recall numerous buses of odd (to me) builds on the several privately 
>owned
>(non PRC) bus lines: Reos, Fitzjohns, Beavers and the Brills  you 
>mentioned,
>all types not seen in Cleveland (where we three lived).  But they were 
>BUSES
>and we came to photograph streetcars, so I never did take any pictures 
>of
>them.   Sorry 'bout that.  Bill V.  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert E. Rathke [mailto:brathke at juno.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 11:34 AM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: Brill Coaches
>
>
>I have a few B&W photos from the 50's that show the Brill buses in 
>views
>that are mainly of trolleys.
>
>The Brills were used on the City View shuttle which ran from near my 
>home
>on Spring Hill, through City View, and over the East St. Bridge to
>Charles St. where they connected with the 8-Perrysville trolley line.  
>
>The City View shuttle was discontinued at - or around - the time  when
>the Spring Hill bus line was extended from its loop out to Northview
>Heights, although this point was about a half-mile short of the
>8-Perrysville connection.  I believe this happened near the end of the
>PRC era.
>
>I remember riding the Brill buses on the Spring Hill bus line on 
>weekends
>between 1957-60.  I also remember them being small, noisy and with a
>floor-shift transmission.
>
>Bob 11/6
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>
>The 21st Century starts on January 1, 2001.  Just a reminder.
>
>On Fri, 05 Nov 1999 14:17:48 EST "John Swindler" 
><j_swindler at hotmail.com>
>writes:
>>
>>>From: Kenneth and Tracie Josephson <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
>>>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>Subject: Brill Coaches
>>>Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 09:11:41 +0000
>>>
>>> > Wished I had taken some
>>> > slides of those convoys of small ACF-Brill shuttle buses leaving 
>>>Clearview
>>> > Loop!
>>>
>>>If you are referring to those short orange Brills, I have a few 
>shots 
>>of
>>>them scattered within my photo collection, including a shot of a
>>>derelict Brill taken inside the small carhouse at the end of Route 
>>85.
>>>Ken J.
>>
>>
>>Yes, those are the ones.  There is this vague mental image of the 
>>light on 
>>Washington Rd. turning green and a string of three of them taking off 
>
>>on 
>>their appointed shuttle runs.  However, I never turned my lens in 
>>their 
>>direction (nor towards any of the independent bus
>>company fleets).  Its another one of those "should of done", "didn't 
>>do", 
>>"maybe not all that important anyway".  Besides, believe someone is 
>>already 
>>putting photos of the pre-PAT buses on the internet!
>>
>>John S.
>>
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