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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by daveklepper Erik, it wasn't a Lake Shore interurban. The Lake Shore ran from Cleveland to Toledo. The car you ran was 1339, bought from the Connecticut Company by Julius Stribie (remember the old codger?) and painted to resemble a Shore Line Electric car, which has similar railroad roof interurban cars like the Connecticut's inter-town cars, because Julius Stribie lived at time along the Shore Line Electric and also along the New York and Stamford, which connected New Rochelle, NY with Stamford, CT. The car was green with yellow or white stripes and lettering when you ran it, but it was originally yellow with red stripes and lettering. This car has been sold, I believe to the Charlotte, North Carolina, vintage trolley operation, because their are other wood Connecticut Company cars that were duplicates in the collection. I often served as conductor when Jules ran the car, then ran it as motorman. Oh, the Shore Line Electric connected with the Connecticut Company both at the far end of the Branford Line at Stoney Creek, and at Guilford CT., and I believe through cars were run over the Connecticut Company at one time to downtown New Haven. Both it and the New York and Stamford were part of the trolley route from New York to Boston, or if you prefer, from Wilmington Delaware to Waterville, Maine, interupted by some ferryboat crossing of rivers. Remember Parlor car 500? It was reputed to have made the complete Boston to New York trip on a charter, ending at 129th Street and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan, because farther towards downtown there was only conduit trackage (power rails in a slot between the rails) without overhead wire. [/quote] Hmm. I remembered that particular trolley car as being numbered 709, and I worked with a 16 year old named Marcus. The BERA was a very tolerant organization at the time and I got to indulge in a lot of "railfanning" by hands on experience. They got me started on museum membership which allows one to do and see things the public normally doesn't get to do or see. While you may not get to operate a museum train carrying passengers, I've been in the cab of some of their locomotives while they were on a run. And you can get "licensed" to operate a locomotive on the museum grounds, usually at no cost to yourself except time and work. (I doubt the license will get you anywhere with a Class I railroad human resources rep.) At least you can get a feel for what running a locomotive, or in my case, a trolley car, is all about. Erik PS. Thanks, Dave, for the information. I revisited the BERA about a year ago and was stunned at the huge progress y'all had made. Good job!- and a must see (and ride) for all.
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