Samuel Kahn long-time president of the Market Street Railway (of 1921) is one of my personal heroes. This month Joe Thompson has added to his Cable Car Home...
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tennsurfr2002
Aug 2, 2005 2:04 am
Hi there I am looking for a color or B & W clear photo of the rear of a PE GM bus...either a 2700, 2800, or 2900, in the teardrop paint scheme. Can anyone...
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Ray Long
srlargo
Aug 2, 2005 4:31 am
I see where the crowd at Rio Vista Junction is building a very respectable car barn measuring roughly 38,000 square feet. It has extensive fire protection...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Aug 3, 2005 3:56 am
This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway equipment. If you...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Aug 11, 2005 12:52 am
This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway equipment. If you...
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Jeff T.
jefft1972
Aug 12, 2005 6:53 pm
The three Vienna Trolleys have now arrived in national city depot at the San Diego Electric Railway Association. You can go the depot, and see them up close...
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JEFFT2007@...
jefft1972
Aug 15, 2005 2:26 pm
If anyone has more information about these Model N1 trolley cars from Vienna Austria, please contact me Offlist. I am writing a history of these cars, and am...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Aug 17, 2005 7:15 am
This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway equipment. If you...
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Harry Marnell
n6uru
Aug 24, 2005 5:17 am
... No, Howard, I sure don't remember it specifically, but it may be the one shown at http://tinyurl.com/db2qm I do remember the automobile showroom on the...
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Ken Harrison
sptrain98
Aug 24, 2005 5:52 am
... I have a recollection of seeing box motors entering the four tracks at Sierra Vista, assumedly coming from the West Alhambra freight depot. This part of...
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Frederick Banuelos
laupt48
Aug 24, 2005 4:12 pm
Harry; I lived in Alhambra from 1974 to 1981. Sometime during the 70's Main St was dug up and the PE tracks removed. It was quite a project that lasted several...
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Peter D. Ehrlich
norcalrr
Aug 24, 2005 11:49 pm
Hi, gang! I've had uploaded to the world.nycsubway.org site a bunch of new images I've taken of the Los Angeles Blue, Gold, Green and Red Lines. Most of these...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Aug 26, 2005 1:37 am
This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway equipment. If you...
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Frank Hicks
hicksco2
Aug 29, 2005 10:54 pm
There's a very nice site with a list of surviving PE equipment and structures here: http://home.socal.rr.com/coscia/pe_equipment.html One thing that caught my...
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Nick Kibre
njkibre
Aug 29, 2005 11:05 pm
I was there in July, and it's there as described. it's missing the whole vestibule section on one end, and has a few other pieces of wall missing. probably it...
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Nick Kibre
njkibre
Aug 29, 2005 11:10 pm
btw, if you're not aware of it already, also check out the "chicken coop" list run by erha, which has info on yet more PE cars: ...
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RedCars@...
harry_marnell
Aug 30, 2005 10:07 pm
MTA criticized for delay in restoring train depot This article was mailed to you by: Harry Marnell The sender included this message: MTA criticized for delay...
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Howard A. Drozd
howardddeee
Aug 31, 2005 3:50 am
This is my first post directly to this group, though, at least some of my posts from the PE group were cross-posted by Harry. I have spent the last several...
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Howard A. Drozd
howardddeee
Aug 31, 2005 3:56 am
There was some talk on here a while back about the car and bus stops on the Hollywood Freeway. At the Vermont crossing, the original bus turn-outs were on the...
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f-v-h@...
buzzoff86
Aug 31, 2005 6:55 am
WHO??? San Bernardino City Lines?? NCL??? Fruit Salid busses??? Where did you do your "research"; because that is about 110% wrong. And the PE depot, along...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Aug 31, 2005 2:46 pm
Howard, now you've brought back a lot of nostalgia. As a youngster, my family and I took the PE from Hollywood, through the Cahuenga Pass to my great-uncle's...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Aug 31, 2005 2:48 pm
One other thing, Howard. The median steps were still in place at Vermont Ave, though chained off. These were used for both buses and interurbans. Barham was...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Aug 31, 2005 2:58 pm
With all due respect, Howard, I have to agree with Fred. Just to be sure, I check my hisorical notes relative to NCL/PCL/ACL provided to me by Tom Jones, the...
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Jim Griffin
griffhank
Aug 31, 2005 6:25 pm
The AT&SF San Bernardino station has received a rehab in recent years and now houses the County Metrolink commission. Great if it develops a restaurant as at ...
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Christian Tobar
gatewaycityca
Aug 31, 2005 6:46 pm
Hi Howard, When I first started researching early PE and SBVT lines in San Bernardino several years ago, the PE station drove me nuts because I didn't realize...
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propuldude@...
perydude
Aug 31, 2005 8:14 pm
Hi, Considering that San Bernardino is a BNSF town, the removal of any SP/PE vestiges isn't a surprise...;) Dave ... From: Christian Tobar...
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Ray Long
srlargo
Aug 31, 2005 9:21 pm
Dick, I don't believe the Pacific Electric ever got down the Hollywood Freeway as far as Vermont Avenue! Ray Long ... From: Dick Shelley To:...
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Ray Long
srlargo
Aug 31, 2005 9:38 pm
Dick, When I was a little boy there was no Cahuenga Parkway as it was called after 1940. When constructed, the parkway only extended between Highland Ave &...
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Christian Tobar
gatewaycityca
Sep 1, 2005 2:49 am
... Yeah, and it was a Santa Fe town long, LONG before the "BN" part of it ever came into play. :-) But anyway, it just seem like whenever I tried to find any...
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Mary Beth Wrenn
charlottetro...
Sep 1, 2005 6:23 am
HI Everyone: I'm more of a lurker on this list then a participant. I am with Charlotte Trolley, of charlotte, NC. (Im a volunteer docent - tour guide) ...
