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

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

	The stop is actually South Park Road.  I personally have a photo of a
PCC interurban outbound to Charleroi on the trestle.
	I believe there is a photo of the trestle alone on Dave's site and it
has been discussed here before - don't have the time to look at Dave's
to identify the URL.
	Well remember riding over the trestle and the shoo-fly to get around
the trestle removal as well as construction of the grade crossing.  A
simple right-turnout was cut into the outbound track (at a point where
the current Library line roadbed suddenly dips) and both inbound and
outbound cars used the same track.  Once the trestle was removed, the
outbound track was terminated directly beyond the turnout and the
drop-off was rather precipitous.  Felt extremely uneasy about the
maneuver but this was built by PRCo professionals  --  and it worked
well.
	The trestle allowed for only one lane of traffic underneath it.  Rather
interesting that this trestle is to be rebuilt if the Library line is
upgraded by  ({[pat]})!!!!!!!

	Here is the information from the PRMA fantrip:::::::

	""1960.04.24  --  1161  --  'Springtime Trolley Ramble'
		Monongahela Incline, 85, 82, 96, 95, 94, 75, 64,
		49, 48, 40, 36, 38A, 38, 42.""

	Please Note the Correct  SUNday  date and the fact that the Library
line is not listed  --  but doesn't mean it wasn't travelled on the
trip!!

	Photos on pgs.94, 96, 108, & 113 of WDVs  *PA Trolleys in Color Vol-3* 
show photos of this same fantrip with incorrect date.  One similar to
pg.113 appears on Dave's site under WDVs section.

> John F Bromley wrote:

> Maybe I can answer half of my own question - the date is given by WDV in the
> 3rd PA opus as April 25, 1960, however that's a Monday.  US holiday????

> Still no clue where.

>> From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>

>> 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>

> 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).

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James B. Holland

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