[PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54

[Edward H. Lybarger]

That was the last low floor fantrip.  5432 was being converted to the paint
car and the PERC gang took it out before it went to the shop.  The actual
date was September 9; Bill's off by a day here.  No low floor cars were in
passenger service after the extended strike in 1954. 

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
Brannon
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 5:03 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54

I found this Bill Volkmer photo of PRCo 5432 on Forbes Avenue, Sept 8, 1956
with the 54-Fifth & Craig St Only sign. This is obviously a revenue trip; so
the 54 did operate as a separate line.
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 18:06, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Yes, they traveled all over the place.  The poster doesn't put a day 
> with the date, or I could make a good guess.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> Herb Brannon
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 6:04 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54
>
> The orchestra was in business from c1935 until 1972. Hard to say when 
> they were in Pittsburgh without doing a search of the newspapers.
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 17:11, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net
> >wrote:
>
> > This could have been a railfan movement.  I never heard of PCC cars 
> > on 54, even though the sign may have been there.  If it's Lincoln 
> > Avenue loop, the topography appears to be OK.  The picture is so 
> > distorted that it's hard to put it all into perspective.
> >
> > Now we just need to determine when the Johnny Long Orchestra was in 
> > Pittsburgh.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> > Bob Rathke
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:33 PM
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54
> >
> >
> >
> > It doesn't look like Craft which didn't have a high hill close to the
car
> > house.   Possibly Carrick car house?
> >
> >
> >
> > I also noted the sign on the car to the right advertising Vogue 
> > Terrace which was a dinner theater in East Pittsburgh; in it's 
> > heyday in the 30's and 40's it hosted big bands such as Lawrence 
> > Welk, and in the 50's singers and other entertainers. It was 
> > destroyed in a fire in
> May, 1963.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: "Matthew R Barry" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:39:37 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Route 54
> >
> > A short-working of 77/54?
> >
> > Interesting photo.   Craft Car House maybe?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> > rayprco53 at verizon.net
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 2:29 PM
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Fw: Route 54
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> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park



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