[PRCo] ERA Headlights - Pa. issues

[Bob Rathke]

Today I was out at the Illinois Railway Museum, and I found more bargains in the used bookstore which is housed in a Milwaukee Road streamlined baggage car.
They] bookstore was selling hundreds of issues of ERA Headlights from 1946-1962 - priced at 12 for a dollar.  I bought all the issues with feature articles on PRC, JTC, PTC and WPR.  A couple of issues with feature articles by guys that we've heard about/from recently:

January, 1951 - Pittsburgh Railways Co. roster and photos, by Charlie Dengler.

July, 1946 - City Lines of W.Va. (Monongahela-'West Penn Public Service Company), by Harold Geissenheimer.


I also bought a near-perfect copy of Edward Hungerford's 1928 book, "History of the B&O RR" for $25 (expect to pay $100+ for a fair copy on ebay).

I was surprised to see the large number of people at IRM at 10AM this morning (a Wednesday).  Besides the book bargains, IRM has 500 pieces of rail equipment on display, some of it operating even on weekdays.  Don't miss IRM when you're in the Chicago area.

Bob 7/28/04