Drake derailment photos

[Robert E. Rathke]

Yes, this is all driven by commercial interest.  If they celebrate the
new century on 1/1/00, then they can do it again on 1/1/01.  I stayed at
a hotel in New York City this June where the room rate was $220 a night. 
There was a card on the desk in the room stating that the hotel was
taking reservations for New Years Eve weekend at the end of 1999 - a
4-day minimum stay was priced from $3,200 (no view) to $9,800 (street
view)...and meals were NOT included!

Bob 10/8
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On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:29:13 -0400  "Vigrass, Bill"
<billvigrass at hillintl.com> writes:
>See snide comment below.  Bill Vigrass.
>
>> ----------
>> 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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