various questions

[Edward H. Lybarger]

We have A Charlie Dengler collection.  These are not necessarily his best
shots, but are what HE perceived as his best shots!  Very few cars that were
on the property from about 1939-40 are absent from this group.

Charlie was a wonderful photographer in the '40s and early '50s, but he felt
no one would be interested in anything but the cars.  Thus the scenes end on
either side of the anticlimbers in many cases.  Yet Charlie was also the guy
that stuck the camera out the back windows of the West Penn cars and
recorded the sidings, bridges and crossings.  And he walked the PRCo
interurbans (at least part of them), photographing the sidings, bridges and
signals.  But he didn't feel that anyone would really be interested in this
stuff and didn't send it to the museum until much later.  And the museum
people who got it at first believed it was of no value, too, judging from
its treatment!

Then he acquired a new camera one day and nothing was ever as good.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Harold
Geissenheimer
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 1:24 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: various questions


Greetings.

I left Pittsburgh in March 1976.  PTM should have a list
of special paint jobs.

In PRC days, Charles Dengler photographed all of
the special paint jobs on cars used on 22 Crosstown.
Charles was a US Mail Man on the North side
and saw these cars every day.  He had a large photo
collection.  Question to Ed Lybarger: Did this go to
PTM?

Harold Geissenheimer

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
>
> > Ref Pgh Rys #1111:  PAT never acquired #1111 but we did
> > have a 35' New Look bus #1111.  When we were doing
> > our various advertising promotions in the 1970's, I sold
> > the advertising rights to this bus to TV channel 11 in
> > Pittsburgh.  They had a slogan of "the Ones to watch"
> > which was then painted on the bus with their message.
> > They used this bus for various promotions when it was
> > not in regular service.
>
> There was an air electric air painted up to honor "Mr. Roger's
> Neighborhood" during the late 1970's. I don't recall the car's number
> (original nor later 17 designation.) Was this car ever used in any
> promotions for the show (i.e., cast members posing with it, etc.)?
>
> Ken J.