[PRCo] Re: 2002 PTM calendar

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Don't know if there is one at Arden.  I have a copy of the pamphlet you
described.  

Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Good to read about W J B Gwinn.  I was fortunate to ride with him
> as a motorman and bus driver in Wheeling and to visit with him at
> Arden.  Coop Transit was a product of the depression.  They kept
> the cars running another 10 years or so.  Rebuilt two cars with a
> slanted front end.  They put out a small folder describing the company.
> 
> Question to Arden: Does the museum have a copy?  I had one once as
>  a kid but not now.
> 
> Bill was named after a Presidentail candidate.  I was born in 1928
> just after the election and almost was named "Herbert"!.  In my National
> Guard unit I had a Roosevelt Nixon and Franklin D Knuckles.
> 
> Harold Geissenheimer
> 
> Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Did Fred III let the cat out of the bag?  Ed must have the new calendar
> > almost ready.
> > Will it be announced with the next Trolley Fare?
> >
> > Is Bill Gwinn's house finally down?  The last time I drove by which I believe
> > was a few weeks before Fred III and Ed drove the 69 line in Wheeling his
> > house was condemned and had danger tape all around it -- and for good reason.
> >  Bill used the 2nd. floor bedroom on the East side (toward Wheeling) for his
> > trolley work.  He was very organized as anyone who bought from him knew.
> > Almost all of his shots had a caption typed on the back, with the date and
> > time to the minute the photo was taken shown on the back.  Bill had two sons,
> > one I think is a doctor in Dayton, Ohio, and his other son lived in the home
> > and was on some type of medical disability.  It was this son who disposed of
> > his collection to PTM.  Bill bought his first car in the mid 60's.  I believe
> > his fellow operator Tom Fahey from Martins Ferry drove Bill to the WP trips
> > and later Pittsburgh.
> >
> > Bill started taking his trolley photos around 1946, but he may have some from
> > earlier times.  It may have been a Columbus rail group who came to Benwood by
> > B&O for a trip which Doc Blackburn recorded bits and pieces of on 8 mm.  Bill
> > was the conductor and I think Tommy Fahey the operator.  The trip originated
> > at the McMechen barn, went throughout Whg. to the Warwood barn where cars
> > were pulled out for the fans to see including a diff. dump, and then over the
> > island and north through Martins Ferry on the 79 line.  Bill realized then
> > that he needed to take photos of the lines before they disappeared.  His
> > route 59 shots south of Bridgeport
> > were almost exclusively taken on one day, getting off and on cars going
> > southbound and then back northbound.
> >
> > Do any of you (I should contact Gary Dillon who is old as dirt by now who I
> > don't think ever missed a trip) remember the trips on Wheeling?  There were
> > more than the one I mentioned above.  A trip to Barton had to be pre war or
> > about 1941 - 42.
> > One trip went to the end of the Rayland line as shown in a photo in one of
> > CERA's all color books.
> >
> > Remember Wheeling is included in our Pittsburgh umbrella of lines, so this is
> > on topic.
> >
> > Fred