Photos

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

Jim Holland wrote:

>         http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/jpg/pitt120.jpg shows interurban
> 1717 at night on the Library line  --  some of the difference in
> brightness between the roof light and headlight is apparent here.  This
> is a photo I took.

I want a 8 X 12 of that! Please e-mail me privately, Jim.

Fred took a dramatic shot of 1723 at the Library(?) loop in 1958 or '59. All
lights are aglow, including the dash and spotlights. Man, is that an awesome shot.
It's in William D. Middleton's "The Time of the Trolley."  Another great "Fred
shot" is featured in both "The Time of the Trolley" and "City Trains." It shows
1712, apparently at speed somewhere on the Drake Line under what appears to be an
approaching thunderstorm. The area appeared so rural then.

>
>         As a result of this photo, 1716 is now one of my favorite cars.  Also
> have photos of it about the same time from John Brinckman but in
> Charleroi itself!  But 1716 was a non-descript car when I knew her -
> actually avoided riding it (best performing interurban cars when I was
> riding in the late 1950s were 1705, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1712, 1714,
> 1715, 1717, 1718, 1721, 1723.)

Herb wrote to me that 1702 was (in his opinion) one of the better cars during his
tenure as a PAT motorman. Comments?

>
>         Look at the little budding railfan in this photo:
> http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/jpg/pitt155.jpg  --  he can't take
> his eyes off the car.

On the Sunday prior to Memorial Day, 1972, we were heading inbound on a PAT grey
1700. As we entered the paved area of Broadway and passed a church on the left
(west) side of the street, a group of children stopped everything they were doing
to gaze at the car. It is likely this was at least a weekly occurence for them,
but the smiles the car seemed to have generated indicates there may be something
inherently pleasant about streetcars. Even when they are painted in that evil
color scheme. :-)

Ken J.