[PRCo] Re: Fantrip with 1161, very early 1960s likely

John F Bromley johnfbromley at home.com
Fri Jun 29 17:15:55 EDT 2001


Thank you Mr Swindler, just found the alleged date in Volkmer's 3rd, and it
did go out to Aspinwall.  Now, is the 25th April a US hol??

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:03 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fantrip with 1161, very early 1960s likely


>
>
> Yes, removal of the bridge just south of Mesta Stop.  Without going
digging
> for the family photo album, wasn't that the fantrip that included a last
> PERC trip on 94,95,96?  (where's Jim H. when you need him)  It predates my
> 35mm camera, so would probably be 1961.  (maybe I should 'digitize' prints
> from my negs of that trip, and start a monthly auction on eBay <g>.
>
>
> >From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at home.com>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: "Pittsburgh Railways Group" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >Subject: [PRCo] Fantrip with 1161, very early 1960s likely
> >Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:36:18 -0400
> >
> >OK, guys, I need some help ID'ing a slide of 1161 on two counts.  First,
> >the date.  Second, the slide shows the car on a fantrip on a temporary
> >shoo-fly on the LIBRARY line (either that or the car is just signed
LIBRARY
> >for the fun of it and its somewhere in the north hills??), bypassing a
> >short wooden trestle.  Any ides of where?  This must have been a
> >significant event (the shoo-fly, not the fantrip).
> >
> >Thanks much.
> >
> >JFB
> >
> >
>
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