Drake derailment photos

[Vigrass, Bill]

See snide comment below.  Bill Vigrass.

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> From: 	Robert E. Rathke[SMTP:brathke at juno.com]
> Reply To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: 	Thursday, October 07, 1999 8:09 PM
> To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: 	Drake derailment photos
> 
> 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.
> 
> Take a close look at the 1975 photos of PCC 1720.  Note that the trolley
> pole is on the wire throughout most of the rerailment.  The cable that
> was used to pull the PCC backwards onto the track is also visible in two
> of the photos.  (I have other photos which show the truck pulling the
> cable, and the gouged "track" that 1720 left on Ft. Couch Road.)
> 
> I have uploaded about 1,800 railroad photos, maps, timetables and other
> information to this website, and many of them are from Pittsburgh and
> Western Pennsylvania.  Look around - you'll also find some trolleys on
> the railroad pages (e.g., on the Nickel Plate RR page there's a photo of
> a flatcar carrying a trolley coach, and on the Canadian National page
> there's a photo of a 4-8-4 steaming past a TTC PCC).
> 
> Bob 10/7
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> 
> The 21st Century starts on January 1, 2001.  Just a reminder.
> Yeah, but lots of people will celebrate something 1/1/00.   The French
> have a count-down on the Eiffel Tower to 12/31/99, so since Paris is the
> center of the universe, it must be right.  I took a picture of it 5/9/97.
> Bill Vigrass
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