PAT 1966 2nd Ave. rerouting

[brathke at juno.com]

Derrick's  page http://trolley.dementia.org/brathke  contains the three
photos of PAT 1966 2nd Avenue rerouting that I described below.  The page
also contains some other rail photos that I took recently, and that you
may or may not be interested in.  Here are brief catptions for those
images:

AmtrakJanesville.jpeg   - Taken on 6/23/00 at Deerfield, IL.  This is
Amtrak's Lake Country Limited from Chicago to Janesville, WI.  This photo
was taken at 8:45 PM, past sunset, in the rain, and the train was
traveling at 50MPH.  I have no idea why the photo turned out.

 Bob9911.jpeg - That's me in the cab of CB&Q E5 9911A operating at the
Illinois Ry. Museum this August.
  
 Haroldatbooth.jpeg  - Harold Geissenheimer at the IRM ticket booth on
10/1/00.

 IRMstation.jpeg  - The 1850's station at IRM.

 IRMtrolleybuses.jpeg  - At the trolley bus garage at IRM on 7/23/00. 
That's me (white shirt) and Ken Josephson walking away at the far right
of the photo  

Irme5.jpeg  - CB&Q E5 9911A at IRM on 7/23/00.

 Irme9.jpeg   - BN E9 #3 pulling a passenger train at IRM on 7/23/00.

 JTC57map.jpeg   -  Hand drawn 1957 map of JTC trolley lines handed out
by JTC in 1957.  Detail is visible if you can enlarge it.

 NMRA58trip.jpeg   - Trip handout from the multi-trolley night fantrip
during the 1958 NMRA Convention in Pittsburgh in August, 1958.  Detail is
visible if you can enlarge it.

 OreBoatLoading.jpeg   -  Ore boat being loaded from hopper cars at the
dock at Marquette, MI on Lake Superior, September, 2000.  This boat was
headed for Lake Erie, where the ore would be unloaded for Cleveland or
Pittsburgh.
 
 PAT1664-66.jpeg   -  These 3 photos are described below.     

 PAT1700a-66.jpeg                           "

 PAT1700b-66.jpeg                          "

 Sf1007.jpeg  - Photo of the F-line trolleys in San Francisco, taken the
week of October 16.  This one was taken leaving  the layover point at
Fishermans Wharf

 Sf1050.jpeg   -  Taken at the layover point at Fishermans Wharf

 Sf1059.jpeg  -  Taken on Market St. in from of the Hyatt Hotel          
                                         

 Sf1556.jpeg  -  On the Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building.
 

Bob 11/1

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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 02:44:17 -0500 Derrick J Brashear
<shadow at dementia.org> writes:
> 
> Bob Rathke forwarded some pictures, which you can find at
> http://trolley.dementia.org/brathke
> 
> Here are his comments on the pictures.
> 
> -----------------
> 
> This summer I commented on the rerouting of South Hills trolley 
> lines
> when the Smithfield St. Bridge was closed for repairs in the Fall of
> 1966.  The trolleys ran on Ross to 2nd to 10th St. Bridge to Carson 
> to
> the tunnel at Smithfield; routing was the same both inbound and 
> outbound.
>   The hot spot was Carson and 10th where the 53 Carrick cars turned
> to/from Carson St. heading east.   Here are three photos I took 
> during
> the rerouting, on September 18, 1966:
> 
> PAT1664-66.jpg   -  Shows 1664 (48 Arlington) outbound on 2nd Ave. 
> under
> the Blvd. of the Allies.  The view is toward downtown, and a small
> section of the Liberty Bridge approach span can be seen in the upper
> right corner.  Also note the PRR Panhandle Bridge (now PAT LRV) over 
> 2nd
> Ave. in the far right-center of the photo.
> 
> PAT1700a-66  -   1700 (36 Drake) is westbound on Carson, and turning 
> into
> the tunnel.  Note the "Shapp" billboard for the Nov. election.
> 
> PAT1700b-66  -  Here's the 1700 (36 Drake) outbound on 2nd Ave., 
> under
> the Blvd. of the Allies.
> 
> 
> Bob 10/28
> 
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