[PRCo] Re: Bethlehem, PA Trolley Photos

[Herb Brannon]

This may as well be included, too. Taken around 1925 at Broad & New Sts,
Bethlehem by an unknown photographer.


On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 19:35, Richard Allman <allmanr at verizon.net> wrote:

> the other great Charlie Houser story relates to the famous Lehigh Valley
> NRHS fan trip in April 1951, w/ 3 car train of 700 cars. northbound at some
> speed coming into Center Square, crossing Skippack Pike, no way was Charlie
> able to stop that thing very fast, so he just leaned on the horn and sailed
> across the road-safely-phewww!!!!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 7:15 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bethlehem, PA Trolley Photos
>
>
> > Walter Zackon, who lived in southern New Jersey, used to tell a great
> > story that indirectly involved Charlie Houser.
> >
> > It was the last day of Easton Limited service and Charlie was the
> > motorman.   They were stopped for the traffic light at Broad and New in
> > Bethlehem and Charlie left him off the car and agreed to pick him up
> > farther down the block.   Charlie said he was running down the block, and
> > looking back over his shoulder, and running, and looking over his and
> > running and looking back.
> >
> > Months later he was looking at movies at a Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS
> > meeting and discovered another fan had been there.   Walter said he saw
> > himself on the screen running down Broad Street in Bethlehem, looking
> over
> > his shoulder with the Keystone Cops chasing him.   I think it might have
> > been Howard Sell who had neglected to see with the movie camera capturing
> > him.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Richard Allman wrote:
> >
> >> ok, Herb: first one-not sure-it's an odd angle;
> >> second one @ Bethlehem Steel plant, 2 work cars awaiting entry to the
> >> scrap
> >> track in June, 1953
> >> third shot w/ 1000 series car also at the Bethlehem Steel on the
> >> specially
> >> installed scrap track on Daly Avenue
> >> info re: others will require some research!
> >> Charlie Houser was an LVT motorman. He died in 1984. He was a very nice
> >> person, as were his wife and children.
> >> RICH
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> >> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:53 PM
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Bethlehem, PA Trolley Photos
> >>
> >>
> >>> I found these at the Bethlehem PA public library. Mr. C.W. Hauser is
> >>> credited as the photographer. I had never seen any of these photos.
> >>> Maybe
> >>> some on The List will be interested.
> >>> --
> >>> Herb Brannon
> >>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park



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