[PRCo] Re: P.T.M. -- Yesterday & Today

Herb Brannon hrbran at cavtel.net
Mon Sep 14 21:47:04 EDT 2009


Then I guess you want me upload them to The List. If I don't get it done
tonight, (Monday night means two more cats run through the shops for weekly
servicing) then I will do it tomorrow morning.
I was one of the excited small children. The modular layout is very, very
well done.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:50 PM, BobDietrich <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net>wrote:

> We can't caption them is if we can't see them Herb.
>
> It was a very good weekend at PTM for me.  Everything from our gracious
> hosts to modules running well and exciting small children to seeing our
> daughter was great.  You can go back home again, it just ain't the same
> anymore.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
> Brannon
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 6:48 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>  Subject: [PRCo] Re: P.T.M. -- Yesterday & Today
>
> I have a few more photos of the layout, if Bob D., Howard A., and  M.D.
> Fred
> would like to put captions to them. Or, for that matter, if anyone wants to
> look at them.
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> > Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:01 AM
> > Subject: P.T.M. -- Yesterday & Today
> > To: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> >
> >
> > 1, & 2. This is a 1952 Beaver Coach manufactured in Beaver Falls, PA. It
> > ran in the Penn Hills section of metro Pgh
> > 3, & 4. Former PATransit line car in the car house at PTM. This line car
> > was in daily use when I worked at PATransit.
> > 5.        P & WC (Red Arrow) No 78 pulling into Richfol stop
> > 6.        FWS beating his conductor over the head with a ticket punch.
> >  7.        Philadelphia PCC 2711 in the car house
> > 8.        Fred and his conductor. Fred still has the ticket punch at the
> > ready
> > 9*        PRCo 1700series PCC and a PRCo bus meet. This was one end of
> the
> > EPTC layout on display this weekend*
> > 10*      A 3800 series interurban is heading south and a 1700 series PCC
> is
> > heading toward the city and has the green light to enter the So. Hills
> > Tunnel.*
> > 11*      South Hills High School has let out and the kids are coming down
> > the hillside walks to the steps which will take them to waiting
> trolleys.*
> > 12.       Fred in command of #78. His conductor is nowhere to be seen.
> > 13.       PTM work car #RG2 leaving the barn area
> >
> > * Since several members of The List own the modular trolley layout, I am
> > sure they have more and better photos of it which they will share. This
> > layout is truly a masterpiece of model design and technology and is well
> > worth seeing it in person.
> >
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> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > On America's North Coast
> >
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> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast
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