[PRCo] Re: Historic Chaos

[John Swindler]

Reminds me that I still have a pin for "SURE" - Syracuse University Railway Enthusiast.  There were only four, but all ended up working in the industry. 
 

 

> From: dwightlong at verizon.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Historic Chaos
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 19:11:22 -0500
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> 
> John
> 
> Not Pittsburgh, but I wonder what roll sign readings were used on the 
> Syracuse Underground Railway (SUR)?
> 
> Dwight
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 8:30 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Historic Chaos
> 
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> >
> > I always like the "86 Wilkinsburg via Subway Express" with the express in 
> > green. Had heard about, but never saw a "2 Grandma's House via The 
> > Woods".
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> >> From: hrbran at cavtel.net
> >> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 22:36:50 -0500
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Historic Chaos
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> >>
> >> I have previously related that story, here, on The List, about using that
> >> sign. I forget the car number other than it was a 1600-series, in 
> >> original
> >> PRCo paint, and not in too pretty a shape. The best part was watching the
> >> people on the sidewalks downtown who noted the sign point and smile or
> >> laugh.............it was a real attention getter in an era which will 
> >> never
> >> be repeated in Pittsburgh.
> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 17:05, Fred Schneider 
> >> <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
> >>
> >> > I love your example Ken. And wait until they get a picture of the car
> >> > coming out of Sous Hills Tunnel with the sign GOTHAM CITY VIA BAT CAVE.
> >> > I have been told that sign was left in the car after the fantrip and 
> >> > that
> >> > some motormen used it in lieu of rolling up CAR HOUSE.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Dec 5, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I followed the debate over the apparently or possibly mislabeled 
> >> > > photo
> >> > dated
> >> > > 1906. The imagine could very well have been arbitrarily mislabeled. I
> >> > > suspect that it has.
> >> > > I possess a negative showing a Milwaukee Electric interurban on a 
> >> > > 1948
> >> > > fantrip along the Milwaukee-Port Washington line, displaying a
> >> > destination
> >> > > which was along a segment of another line. That stop had been 
> >> > > eliminated
> >> > > some years before the photo was taken. The negative was labeled 
> >> > > "Waukesha
> >> > > line, 1939." The shot was taken in Thiensville, Wisconsin. The white
> >> > flags
> >> > > on the car should have been a hint.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Now imagine the chaos this attached photo could cause in another one
> >> > hundred
> >> > > years if it gets into the hands of a non-Pittsburgh fan. :-)
> >> > >
> >> > > K.
> >> > >
> >> > >
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> >> > http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/pitt1705.jpg
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> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Herb Brannon
> >> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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