[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Amazing 1906 Cable Car Movie Taken prior to Earthquake

[Derrick Brashear]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Ken and Tracie
<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I have wondered if the San Francisco cable car rails were heavy enough to
> handle the heavier, faster electric cars? Does anybody know if the cable
> rails lasted well into the traction era, or if they were systematically
> replaced over the span of a few years or several decades.
>
> I have that reel on VHS, from Interurban Press. I don't know what happened
> to their source after Ira passed away. Maybe TGM will re-release it on disk
> someday. TGM used part of that film in one of their videos.
>
> I have the Boston film, too, as well as a portion of an early P.E. training
> film.
>
> Fred, you should find that "Dallas' Greatest Hits" video which shows many
> present day motorists are not any better at driving than their ancestors
> were.
>
> BTW, I found some Paul Weyrich slides of a fantrip or demonstration run of
> PCC 4000. Car 1713, in Steelers' colors showed up a lot, so maybe it was a
> two car trip. The slides are dated 1981.
>
> He also has a lot of duplicate slides from long ago sources, as well as some
> of his own. Lots of great Pittsburgh, Philly, Johnstown, Laurel Line stuff.
>
> A photo study of Sky Bus is also well represented. As some of you know, my
> oldest brother used to call the Sky Bus cars "suitcases on wheels."

Someday I should finish my HO scale model of Skybus; It's built of
cardstock, is to scale, and is designed to have a slot car chassis
installed into it so it can operate.

I got the body done, in like 1992. I still have the body and nothing else.