found and repaired (attempted to repair?) a scan of a side view of Semi 5622 pictured earlier.
I also see that two-mn semis had all four doors double doors, while the exit-only door on one-man semis was single.
daveklepperA terriffic collection of Ed Miller's color photos of Baltimore streetcars is at <https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/btpe/search> from Richard Allman
<https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/btpe/search>
from Richard Allman
A very extensive collection from 1952 - remember some of the locations as a kid as we moved back to Baltimoe (Catonsville) in 1955.
Map of the routes in 1945
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
A terriffic collection of Ed Miller's color photos of Baltimore streetcars is at
Awasum! Thanks for sharing Dave and making my day with the 5583 in color.
The color picture of the Key Avenue shuttle was by Capitoi Transit operator Ed Miller. and was povided by Richard Allman
Glad to be of assistance David. Stay cool over there!
Thanks for correcting my computer application error!
Got this from David:
Finally figured out what happened. A bmp editing frame somehow gotsent when I wished to send the jpg final version. My mistake.
Thanks. It was raining (lightly), but the contrast got boosted in the posting. The pavement was wet but not flooded, Just occasional puddles. See previous photos for an idea of the weather.
Indiana Interurban Network - notated with the start and end date of the services
A picture taken at the 'wye' in the upper right corner - Garrett, IN - 2 Blocks North of this location was the Main Line of the B&O between Willard and Chicago
A little hard to tell, but is there a bit of flooding going on there?
Here is Daves picture
Doesn't work David .. or any of the Jack May pictures either over on trains.
The best photo of the last stop on the Union Avenue shuttle, cleaned up, and a test as to whether or not I found a way to post without using Imgur, which I still cannot access at the Yeshiva.
I never fail to be amazed at the sheer scope of electric traction in the old days.
I should be amazed at its fall, but in the case of the part of the country I grew up in, Northern New Jersey (for those who don't know by now) I can understand why.
The Public Service trolley lines went just about everywhere, but the drop in ridership during the 1930's, plus the advantage of running diesel buses over tax-free public roads as opposed to taxable private right-of-ways made the downfall inevitable, many being abandoned by the start of WW2.
The war gave a brief "stay of execution" to those that were left due to gas and rubber rationing, but eventually they went as well.
Maybe a public-private partnership might have kept a lot of them alive, but nobody thought in those terms years ago.
Baltimore Streetcars
Miningman More from David:
More from David:
These are of the same car at the same location - appearantly a few seconds apart with the bottom having been taken first.
Flintlock76We've moved four times in the last forty years. Nothing compared to you, but each time was a pain. Next time will be the last. God willing!
It wasn't until the 5th grade that I attended the same school two years in a row.
We've moved four times in the last forty years. Nothing compared to you, but each time was a pain. Next time will be the last. God willing!
Flintlock76Reminds me, next train show I go to I've got to keep my eyes open for an MTH Public Service PCC. There's one out there somewhere... Balt, talk about coincidences! I have a brother-in-law that lives in Catonsville! Small world! Last time there we made an antiques raid down the road to Ellicott City. Saw the old B&O station museum too! Neat place!
Balt, talk about coincidences! I have a brother-in-law that lives in Catonsville! Small world! Last time there we made an antiques raid down the road to Ellicott City. Saw the old B&O station museum too! Neat place!
I have lived in a number of locations around Baltimore. When I was born my parents lived in Linthicum Heights. Subsequently Dad was transferred to Newark, OH, Garrett, IN, Pittsburgh, PA and then back to Baltimore and we lived in Catonsville. Transferred back to Garrett, IN then Akron, OH and Washington, IN. I hired out in Washington, IN in 1965 and subsequently transferred to Pittsburgh and then Akron so I could attend Kent State and work. Upon graduation I go transferred to Baltimore - lived for several months in an apartment in the Moravia section of Baltimore City then my wife and I bought a house in Reisterstown, subsequently selling it to purchase a house in the Lakeshore area of Pasadena. Went through the agony of a divorce - she got the house, I got my pension and stock that I owned. While going through the divorce I roomed with a guy in the Cape St.Claire area of Annapolis - once the divorce was final I cashed in my stock to make the down payment on my house in Sykesville, this time next year the mortgage will have been paid in full. Six months after I bought the house, I got forced to Jacksonville. When I looked at selling the house - the bottom had dropped out of the housing market and I would be taking a loss I could not afford if I sold. In keeping the house, it permitted me to be Dad when I returned for vacations - not som yaahoo living out of a motel room. The relationships I have with my daughter and son tell me I made the right decision.
In Jacksonville I rented a portion of a condo that the landlord tried to sell out from under me three times. The third time I bought it, there are 9 years left on that mortgage and it is my snowbird base of operations.
Reminds me, next train show I go to I've got to keep my eyes open for an MTH Public Service PCC. There's one out there somewhere...
Very good. Be glad to assist.
I'll email them to you as attachments and ask you to post them again!
David .. none of the pictures last 3 posts came through.
More:
At the end of the Union Avenue line:
Frm Richard Allman:
Ends:
Here is the material directly from Richard:
David- interesting to see 5765 in one- man paint scheme. Union Avenue is correct. The west end of it in the Jones Valley near where the current Westbury station of the Central Light Rail Line.And the Mt. Washington Bridge with the PCC on it- in the lower left, you can see the Northern Central RR. It is the current r-o-w for the Light Rail and very near the current Mt. Washington station. Union Avenue is now gentrified.The one Witt car is shown on Falls Road coming toward the photographer.Unfortunately none of the two-man semis were preserved, although in the back of their shop is a nearly identical ex-Norfolk car in very bad condition.I have two 3-D printed shells of the one-man semis that I will begin working on when I complete my Kansas City air-electric PCC. Narrative about that will be forthcoming in next 1-2 weeks.One of them I will do in the one-man yellow and cream typical of the one-man cars, the other in the drab NCL scheme,Attaching photos of what Bob Dietrich and I hope will be the finished product from the 3-D printed shells that are produced by Joe Spinella and Greg King in Australia. Greg is a retired tram operating instructor in Melbourne and an amazingly skilled O-scale modeler, an operator in the heritage operation at Ballarat. He and Joe currently working on an HO scale model of a Brisbane Phoenix car.For more info on the HO model, check out June 2019 Trolleyville Times. I have an article in there about it (though George did not credit me!) Trolleyville Timeshttps://www.trolleyville.com/tv/times/current/index.shtml
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