PRCo Fan Trip

[John Swindler]

>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: "-->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -<--" 
><pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: PRCo    Fan    Trip
>Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:34:19 -0800
>
>Greetings!
>
>PRCo    Fan    Trip
>
>	"Everyone seemed to have had a fine time on the June 16 '1616' trip,
>also.   The freshly painted car [PRCo hourglass] was nicely filled,
>weather was ideal, we stayed on the track all day, nobody fell off the
>car, and it was especially nice to have many of our out-of-town friends
>with us again:   R.H. Brown (Mayor of Paoli), Gary Dillon, the world's
>most widely traveled trolley fan; Denys Martlew of Camp Hill; Lawrence
>Veysey of L.A.; Mr. Tom Fahey of Co-Op Transit, Wheeling, to mention a
>few."
>
>	Was this your first fantrip, John S?
>
>1957.06.16  --  1616  --  42, 38, 50, 53, 85, 82, 71, 73, 87, 62, 55,
>65, 56.  --Jim
>



First trip without my father.  1616 got ahead of schedule and made sidetrip 
to Kennywood Park in late afternoon.  Looking at routing, trip came inbound 
55 from East Pittsburgh, crossed Rankin Bridge, then went ob 68 to Kennywood 
for short layover.  Then inbound 68 to Homestead and to Lincoln Place via 
65.  The short layover allowed motorman to take a picture of me standing on 
car step at Kennywood.

Previously was on a couple West Penn trips - the 296 and 711 trips, plus 
movement of 832 from Charleroi to Ingram and a 1956 PRC trip.

John S.


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