Drake derailment photos

[Robert E. Rathke]

I told George that I hope he isn't starting something (adding the "Light
Rail" page) that will mushroom beyond his ability to maintain it.  Two
years ago, his website was 98% Erie-Lackawanna RR, with a link button to
"Other Railroads".  The E-L page is still large, but in 18 months the
"Other Railroad" page has become 200+ individual railroad pages.

He does a fantastic job maintaining his website, even during his son's
illness last year (for some inspiration, browse through the links to "My
son's battle with Hodgkins").

I don't know if the 1720 was looking for a new route in 1975, but it
recovered and was going strong in a 1978 snowstorm photo that I took at
the Brookside stop!

Bob 10/7
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On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:38:34 -0700 Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
writes:
>Greetings!
>
>	Tremendous photos of the derailment!  Photos came through very 
>
>clear.  Maybe the trolley was suggesting it's time for a new route!  
>Look 
>forward to more trolleys being posted here!
>
>Robert E. Rathke wrote:
>> 
>> A couple of months ago I mentioned an event on the 36-Drake line 
>during
>> the 1970's when a PCC derailred at Ft. Couch Road.  I have located 
>my
>> slides from that day, and several of them (along with more accurate 
>text)
>> can be viewed on the Fallen Flags website.  From the homepage
>> (www.dnaco.net/~gelwood) scroll down to "L" and then click on "Light 
>Rail
>> Systems".  You'll see the PAT photos, plus some photos of DC Transit 
>and
>> the 1929 West Penn Rys. map.
>
>James B. Holland
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>1953
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