Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks to be a DD1 w/o the body.

[rogruth]

Looks to be a DD1 w/o the body.

I agree. Picture on page 250 of Pennsy Power.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

The "Kilroy Was Here" equivalent for trolleys.

Seems to me that bridge is still in place and I've been over it a few times while driving from Hagerstown to Pen Mar.

I read somewhere that Funkstown was a quiet little place until George Clinton took up residence (or do I have that all balled up?)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I read somewhere that Funkstown was a quiet little place until George Clinton took up residence (or do I have that all balled up?)

Funkytown!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s36eQwgPNSE

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Two conductors from Littlestown.....

[healey36]

Wow, they look so young...probably just out of the trolley academy

Here's a link to some info re: Littlestown's trolley service, part of the York system:

http://www.littlestownpa.info/LAHSociety/trolley.htm

I never realized that the line had come so far south and west.

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

What's with the poles on that four truck motor?
What company ran it?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What's with the poles on that four truck motor?
What company ran it?

Illinois Terminal Class C

http://kc1533.org/webpages/MotivePower/ ... lassC.html

[healey36]

Reminds me just a bit of the prewar standard gauge Flyer 4689 electric, a massive thing:



Photo from the Worthpoint auction site.

Healey

[rogruth]

Healy,
Beautiful piece.
New? Rebuilt or painted?
Just curious. If I had it ,
I would run it because
it is pretty.
Oh yes, it is similar.

[healey36]

It was listed as all original. In my experience, a lot of the high-end standard-gauge stuff is found in remarkably nice shape, given its age. My grandfather (my mother's father) had a Lionel standard-gauge set he bought new in the early 1930s, that only came out for a few weeks at Christmas. That thing was pristine the last time I saw it, probably back in the 1960s. I guess the people that bought the later standard-gauge gear were people of means who really took care of their stuff (or lost interest in it and it stayed packed away in the attic for fifty years).

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Wow, according to Google maps it's 166 miles from Shinglehouse to Bolivar. Maybe the motorman fell asleep on such a long run.