[PRCo] Re: New PRCo. picture book by Rohrbeck

[Fred Schneider]

You need to understand the concept.  Morning Sun Books finds collections
of slides, then Mr. Yanosey looks for an "author" to put the book
together.  Bill Volkmer did the first three books on Pennsylvania ...
Philadelphia, Central, and West.  The slides used in the fourth book, i.e.
the one Roy King put together, were the leftovers that were not used in
the first three.  I count three PCCs in the Philly section and nine in the
Pittsburgh section.  He also reticent to use anything newer than 40 years
old (he told me this) so there are no pictures of LRVs in Pittsburgh, N5s
on Norristown, or Kawasaki cars on SEPTA.  The book is not balanced
because the publisher had an apparent need to use up the remaining
pictures ... hence it is very heavy on Allentown and has only one picture
from Reading.  End of review.

Boris Cefer wrote:

> And how many photos in the new Leroy King's book are PCCs?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:06 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: New PRCo. picture book by Rohrbeck
>
> >
> >   Also a new book by Leroy King entitled PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEYS IN
> > COLOR VOL.IV. This is a continuation of the 3-part series by Bill
> > Volkmer. Fred III was kind enough to critique these books in a past
> > post.
> >   On page 127 bottom of Vol. IV, there is a photo of 1706 at Simmons
> > Loop. No date on the caption, but the tracks to Charleroi are still
> > visible. Looks as if the inbound overhead is still there also.
> >   These are the types of photos I'm looking for. Would love to see
> > this view from the opposite angle.
> >   On page 126 bottom of same book shows 1701(destroyed at Homewood
> > fire?) at what the caption states is McChane. Would the car be on a
> > downgrade at this point??? How much of a grade was this?
> >   Page 127 middle shows  1707 at Paris Lake stop. I've never heard
> > of this stop. Where was this located?
> >
> >   For those of you who do not have the book, my appologies.
> >
> >                         Mark Mc
> >
> >