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

Fred W. Schneider III fschnei at supernet.com
Sat Jun 30 19:46:39 EDT 2001


There hasn't been a US holiday in my lifetime in April except a floating
holiday ... it could have been Easter Monday.  However, so few people
had that day off that it would have been unlikely to run a charter.  

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.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at home.com>
> To: "Pittsburgh Railways Group" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 3:36 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Fantrip with 1161, very early 1960s likely
> 
> > 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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