1965 charters

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Well, you were right!  1646 was used on a Charter in July that year. 
So was 1618.  Fans from Baltimore used to come up and make their own
Charters - at least in the late 1950s early 1960s.
	Car 1477 was chosen in advance for the trip and 1498 was chosen as
backup in case 1477 was laid up for some reason.

	The following listings are only PRMA charters::
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1965.05.15 1477	PAT "Operation Grandslam:"
	21, 8, 10, 15, 6, 13, 67, 65, 55, 64, 87, 82, 76, 75, 53, 47.
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1965.07.17 M454	PAT "Hills & T-Rail Summer Evening:"
	13, 21, 85, 40, 10, 15, 42/38, 38A, 37, 35.

1965.07.17 1635	PAT "Hills & T-Rail Summer Evening:"
	13, 21, 85, 40, 10, 15, 42/38, 38A, 37, 35.

1965.07.17 1646	PAT "Hills & T-Rail Summer Evening:"
	13, 21, 85, 40, 10, 15, 42/38, 38A, 37, 35.
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1965.08.15 M454	PAT "PRMA Inspection Trip:"  64, 8, 10, 15, 77/54.

1965.08.15 1618	PAT "PRMA Inspection Trip:"  64, 8, 10, 15, 77/54.
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1965.09.04 M454	PAT 40, 64, 67, 65, 65, 67, 77/54.

1965.09.04 1640	PAT 40, 64, 67, 65, 65, 67, 77/54.

1965.09.4/5 1470 PAT 8, 21;
	Last PRMA trips on 10, 15 -- Keating Car House closed.
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brathke at juno.com wrote:

> When I read about the 5/1/565 fantrip (see below), I thought it might be
> the trip that used a 1600 interurban in the summer of 1965, but the text
> here says it used 1477 backed up by 1498.  I have a photo of 1646 at the
> loading gates at West View Park (route 10), dated Summer, 1965.  I always
> suspected this was a fantrip car, although none of the typical fantrip
> clues (sign in window, people standing around the car, etc.) are there.

> Bob 10/2

> ---------------------------------------------

> Greetings!
> 
>         Gleanings  From  *Trolley  Fare*
>                 June--1965
> 
>         "Our operation Grandslam, the world's most incredible fantrip (it ran
> from 8.30 AM May 15 until 12.03 AM May 16) was a success.  It made
> money, and it proved that the human body has endurance limits far beyond
> that thought previously possible.  Ask one of the 'victims,' he'll tell
> you!"
>         "May 15th saw Operation Grandslam make a valient attempt to cover the
> Pittsburgh system in fifteen hours, despite motorman Howard Gilson's
> attempt to beat the speed limit we got behind schedule and had to
> abbreviate the routing.  Nevertheless a memorable day was had by the
> forty odd [now WHAT does he mean by THAT?] passengers, in particular the
> high speed interurban run in the cool of the evening was very
> enjoyable."

>         Ooooooohhhhhhhhh,  I can feel that one - the high speed ride on the
> interurban.  How I wish I was on it!  A little painful realizing what I
> missed and knowing what PRCo was like - just several years after the
> demise so it was probably still possible to get some really good speed
> running here.  But I was a guest of Uncle Sam in his Canoe Club and
> didn't know about this charter!

>         Grand slam was apparently operated with V-front 1477; 1498 was a back
> up vehicle.  The trip was divided into 3-parts with participants able to
> ride any combination of those parts depending upon their time and or
> durability!

> Trip A:  Routes 8, 21, 10, 15, 6, 13, 77.
> Start Keating 8.30 AM
> End 4th Wood 11.45 AM

> Trip B: Routes 67, 65/55, 64, 75, 39, 73, 71, 82, 87, 76, 75.
> Start 4th-Smithfield 12.30 PM
> End 5th Smithfield 7.15 PM

> Trip C: Routes 53, 47, 49, 36, 35, 42/38A
> Starts 4th-Smithfield 8.00 PM
> Ends Keating 11.00 PM

>         From the May--1965 issue about the Grandslam:  "There have been some
> slight changes made to the trip routing as listed over the page.  PAT
> removed the turn from Negley to Penn (old route 96) at the end of April
> and this has resulted in increasing the running time of section B.
> Route 39 will be covered in the evening instead of route 36.  There are
> several sections of track being covered that are not in regular service,
> (provided we beat the asphalt there) and there will be opportunities for
> photographs at some of these."

James B. Holland

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