[PRCo] Re: PCC Left turn Smithfield to 6th!

[Herb Brannon]

Blaine Hays may have taken the photos. However, if you have read either
"Cleveland's Transit Vehicles", or "From Horse Trails To Regional Rails",
both well written, and correctly informative hard bound companion volumes
tracing the history of Cleveland public transportation, you would see this
is not the style of Blaine Hays. It appears someone else provided the
information. I'm going to refrain from "head shakes and chuckles" until I'm
sure of the source of the information.

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 21:18, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Mr.Lybarger;
>
> But of course;  and your response is one of the rare ones from
> a gentleman!  The errors are why I put an exclamation mark at
> the end of the Subject line.  I noted this was from the
> Blaine Hays collection;  it seems 'possible' he provided the
> 'mis'information isn't it!  t is worth a few head shakes and
> chuckles as well.
>
> I searched for  'Blaine S. Hays'  and came up with a page of Pgh.
> photos credited to him:  http://tinyurl.com/BlaineHayes
>
> Looking at the descriptions on his pictures 'suggests' my hunch
> about him providing information is correct.  Note this one:
> http://tinyurl.com/1696-21-1966
>
> Isn't Mr.Hays reportedly working on a Prc book?  Isn't he in Cleveland?
> Some of the misinformation is understandable but calling a Trolley a
> 'bus'  seems strange.  Comments about the Pat takeover seem to be in
> many of his photos as well.
> http://tinyurl.com/1747-64-1966
>
> "The 1600 Series were fully developed air cars and  the last air cars with
> no standee windows. Eleven of these cars were  outfitted as interurbans
> to prove that PCCs could make the long run  comfortably leading
> the way for the 1700 Interurbans."
> Of course they were 'air cars without standee windows!'
> http://tinyurl.com/1651-1967
>
> "Buses 1729 and 1560 crossing side-by-side."
> http://tinyurl.com/1729-1560
>
> The other misinformation is less glaring.  If Mr.Hays is working on
> a Pgh. book,  I have lost interest.
>
> There is another photo where 3-different car numbers are listed--
> one on the car and two in the text (this one is not Mr.Hayes:)
> http://tinyurl.com/1605-1506-1606
>
>
>  Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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> ________________________________
> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 7:07:58 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC Left turn Smithfield to 6th!
>
> There's a lot wrong with the identifying material accompanying
> this image.
> First, the car is turning from 6th Street onto Liberty Avenue.
> Second, it's attributed to the Pittsburgh Railways Company holdings.
> At that time, the railfan photographer called himself the
> "Pittsburgh Railways Company" and even had letterheads reading it.
> Third, the route was around long before 1940.  The University has
> been once again been misinformed...it's not part of the actual
> PRCo records.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
> Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 5:06 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] PCC Left turn Smithfield to 6th!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/1537-87-1965
> "View of PCC car 1537 making a left turn from Smithfield Street to 6th
> Avenue.
> The 87 Ardmore route existed from 1940  to 1967.
> It was discontinued as a result of Port Authority  modernization."
>
> Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park