[PRCo] Re: West Penn Cars at PTM

[Greg King]

I forgot about Edmonton, but I have had a lot of fun at RVJ and you are
absolutely right Jim.

Greg
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> You are   ---  making sense.   Recreate the scene.
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> Fort Edmonton in that City IS just that.   It has a very large streetcar
loop with small
> car yard and just several pieces of equipment.   Double track line which
runs down several
> streets with 90-degree turns from street to street, buildings to fit the
era, autos from
> the early 1900s, and people dressed the same.   Very Nice turtleback
trolleycar.
> Excellently thought out   ---   built this way, so that makes a
difference.   WELL  worth
> visiting.
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> But Rio Vista, by contrast, it not so appealing in that manner.   Trying
to run a museum
> on 1,000--feet of track like a transit system is ludicrous and even more
so if the actors
> ain't no good!!!   So many bells before starting, so many whistles before
grade
> crossings.  Car is stopped, bells and whistles go off, car moves 10--feet
to a grade
> crossing and stops, more bells and whistles, operator's head snaps right
and left (wish
> someone would snap it off!), lurch ahead.   Running museums on schedules
ala the
> prototype  --  a need, I guess, but as an operator, I like to escape that
atmosphere.
>
> Easy job for you at the museum, Fred, and you don't havbe to worry about
keeping the
> schedule on the cars   ---   just lay by the prw and someone will throw
flowers at you!@!!
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> James B. Holland
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> Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
>     "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company Trolleycars  &
>         "O"--Scale  Parts  mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
>         Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
>     Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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