PURE Fantasy -- PRCo 1800s -- Modelers License -- WHATIF......?????--!-!-!-!-!-!-!

[Bob Rathke]

I believe that Richard DeArmond has photos of the Grant St. ETB test on his website,
but not the E. Pgh. operation.

Bob 1/3



Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> Jim Holland wrote:
>
> >         Pittsburgh experimented with TCs twice - once with Twins just before
> > PCCs using a loop along Smithfield, Liberty, Grant, and 7th.  They only
> > needed to string a ground wire for the test.
> >         The other time was a San Francisco TC at the Westinghouse plant in
> > E.Pgh with an off street wye and some street running as well.  Wire had
> > to be specially strung for this.
> >         Have photos of both operations.
>
> Would you consider sharing them with Dr. DeArmond for his site?
>
> >
> >         While TCs might have been considered for the West End, and with little
> > interest in TC models, just don't know how far this would go!
>
> I understand...especially since you have to drive them for a living. I remember a
> column in Traction and Models in which the writer, a hardcore traction fan, landed
> a motorman position on the Red Arrow Sharon Hill line. He lamented about how it
> became another daily grind after the novelty wore off.