A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[rogruth]

Hondo,
They may not be the photos of what is wanted just above but I can, and probably will spend many hours just looking through them.
I noticed Old Town Trolleys in the photos. We have them in the Savannah area so I suppose they are a chain. ??
Thanks for the link.
So how do you find a link of that nature? I would look for similar links for other cities and states. A hint please.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Some info I found on the internet....

The early 20th century brought to Pennsylvania the Hanover Fast Line, a trolley service for people traveling between York and Hanover and other nearby communities. On weekdays, residents commuted to work on the trolley, and on weekends they traveled to neighboring towns for church, shopping, or picnics.

The trolley line was shuttered in the late 1930s after automobile use soared, and eventually the line was converted into an electric utility corridor.

Thanks, I seem to be missing Rohrbeck's book on York County PA Trolleys. Probably should grab a copy someday.

[HONDO74]

Thanks for the link.
So how do you find a link of that nature? I would look for similar links for other cities and states. A hint please.

I started with a google search for Hanover Pa trolleys. Picked up some info there that the trolley line was called "fast line" so I put that in the search. It can be trial and error until you can come up with what you are looking for. One piece of info can lead to another. It takes some time to do it.

Sometimes I run across other things in the search and I am off looking at other things. Not related

old town trolley savannah ga (search) will get you this.
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp ... hz_pHsXch8

savannah ga trolley pictures (search) will get you this.
https://www.google.com/search?ei=_nCpWv ... FLGdb-b7SA

And this.
https://www.google.com/search?q=savanna ... 13&bih=605

[healey36]

Poor scan of an old postcard, but it appears to confirm it's a trolley line:



Still can't see the trolley wire.

I visit Hanover two or three times each month. It's a nice town, lots of motorheads. The downtown is a bit depleted these days.

Healey

[Tom Dempsey]

More to the point, while I can just make out the trolley pole, I can see any sort of structure to support the wire in either picture.

[healey36]

Agreed, and in the first pic those banners strung across the street would seem to be of a height that might interfere with the line/pole.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Quite a place. Left and right sides are not mirror images. I don't think that shows on first glance.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Good point, Roger. I didn't notice that at all. I better slow-my-roll.

[HONDO74]

what would have been going on in Blue Ridge Mountains Pa when this picture was take to warrant a hotel of this size.?

Is it a recreational area ? Is there a railroad nearby. ?

[healey36]

It was a resort area founded by the WMRR.

My understanding is that the Buena Vista was favored by visitors from Washington DC, while the Western Maryland's Blue Mountain House was visited primarily by the moneyed classes of Baltimore. The third large hotel in the Pen Mar/Highfield/Blue Ridge Summit locale was the Monterey. All three are long gone, although the Monterey's golf course remains.

Western Maryland Rwy provided service to all three.

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.........the Western Maryland's Blue Mountain House.........

[healey36]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes, I had posted several cards that depicted the hotel resorts at Pen-Mar. The trolley also ran there

[healey36]

Yes, I had posted several cards that depicted the hotel resorts at Pen-Mar. The trolley also ran there

...and I've enjoyed every one of those cards. My grandparents were frequent visitors during the 1920's...took the train from the WM's Hillen Station, about a three-hour run.

A bit of Blue Mountain House trivia: Built in 1883 and owned by the Blue Ridge Hotel Company of Washington County, it was constructed in just seventy-six days, framed in Georgia yellow pine (take a bow Roger). Featured 300 guest rooms, a grand ball-room, a dining room that could accommodate 500 guests, a bowling alley, elevator, electric lights, telephones, steam heat and a veranda that ran the length of the 500-foot facade. Tennis courts and riding stables were located at the back of the property. Burned to the ground on August 5, 1913 with no loss of life.

Healey