[PRCo] Re: November Gathering Photos- Part 1

[Boris Cefer]

What is the meter next to V-meter in 4004? I did not have much opportunity 
to explere the "rebuilt"  1700s.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
To: <Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>; <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:19 PM
Subject: [PRCo] November Gathering Photos- Part 1


Ok , here they are. This will be lengthy and some of the photos are things 
many of you have seen before so you should be able to tell from my 
description which will follow. I'm separating this into 3 e-mails. The 
first(this one) will be our initial day at the museum. The second will be of 
the day 2 field trip. The third will be of the exploring I did on my own. I 
have no photos of the day 1 field trip as we were on a bus and we did not 
have anywhere to stop so I was unable to take photos.
  Now I want to explain something ahead of time about our initial gathering 
at PTM. As we were getting the cars out of the barn I noticed a gentleman 
hanging around taking photos. I initially thought he was with Derrick as he 
was standing next to him when I first saw him. He was on a trip east to see 
Strasburg, etc. when he picked up a PTM flyer. On his way back home to 
Illinois, he decided to check out PTM. Well, the museum is closed on 
Thursday so his bad luck. But just as quickly his luck changed as we were 
having our get together this day. Ed invited him along. He paid his fees 
along with the rest of us and he even got to operate the cars. I don't 
remember his last name but his first name was Kevin. After a wonderful day, 
he decided to become a member of PTM. Ed told me that it pays to be nice to 
people and this was certainly the case here. Kevin is a member of IRM and is 
now a member of PTM. Fantastic! Kevin did not accompany us on our field 
trips but I'm sure he was es!
 tatic about what happened and how he was treated and hopefully spreads the 
word about PTM. Now onto the photos. 32 of them in this lengthy part 1. I 
hope this doesn't overload the server. lol
1) 1711 about to pull out
2) A PCC parade?
3) Inside 1711 while checking the line out
4) Clockwise from left: Derrick, motorman Ed, Fred III, Kevin
5) Rear view County Home Siding
7) 1711
9) The two cars we started with
10) Inside 4004
11) Inside 4004
12) The motorman's cab in 4004
13) 4004 dash. Where's the switch lever?
15) About to embark
16) That's Howard at the helm, Ed supervising
18) Entering McClane Loop
19) Howard with a tape recorder to catch the sound we all know
20) McClane Loop with stub siding
21) Who could this be? Derrick, of course!
22) Derrick at the controls of 1711
23) Howard just threw the switch manually(see switch iron in hand)
25) Captain Herb and Derrick in 2711
26) The two Philly cars at Arden Loop. 78 changed ends instead of navigating 
the loop.
28) Herb at the helm of 2711
29) Taking a break on 78. Clockwise from left: Herb, Derrick, Howard, Fred 
III, Grateful Fred, newest member Kevin
31) 4004 at night in a slight rain
32) Inside a lit up 4004

More to come.....