[PRCo] Re: Location for MWP curved-side picture

[Donald Galt]

On 2 Jan 2007 at 13:08, Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:

> Don't mess with Ed when it comes to identifying photos

As if!

I'm delighted to have the picture located. Wish I'd asked long ago.

I realise now that a little more tekking would have unearthed Wheeling's 
Warwood line. And now I know what to look for, I see a picture of Co-Operative 
Transit's 32 on p.26 of the PRMA West Penn book. And a notation about Co-Op's 
31-51 series in the Wheeling Traction roster in CERA 110. Though not, I hasten 
to add, in the roster in the PRMA book. And nobody trusts CERA 110, right?   

;-)

In any case, I'm going to plead justifiable confusion. I've never quite 
untangled the relationships among West Penn, MWP, Parkersburg-Marietta, 
Wheeling Traction (under whatever name) and Panhandle Traction. All but one of 
which ran Curved-sides.

AND I was seduced by the picture on p.138 of CERA 110 which I believe is in 
fact MWP and which I took, apparently mistakenly, to be in the same general 
area.

Anyway, thanks to both Ed and Fred for the wealth of material.

> You have been talking about colors at Tylerdale and this print sure doesn't 
> show Wheeling's colors very well.  The cars were orange and yellow, with white 
> "safety" ends in later years.  However in later years the grime and smoke from 
> the valley gave them the same color fading that Pittsburgh had.
> 

The Co-Op pictures on PRMA pp.25-27 show (apparently) all orange below the belt 
rail and all cream above at least to the window tops. My 33 is obviously 
painted differently. Faded or not, more cream would have been prettier.

> Portions of the wye at 10th and Main in Wheeling are just starting to pop up 
> through the asphalt.  If you know the line, the curve in North Main where the 
> line both went from double track to single track and moved off the highway can 
> be figured out, and almost the entire line is now a bike trail and can be 
> ridden.  I must
> do that sometime.

Looks like time for another field trip!

Don G