Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Simms Collection -- NY and Philly

Here we have a few pictures from the East Coast, and all but the first have interesting info written on the backs.  Their accuracy is not guaranteed, so constructive comments are welcome, as always.



RH: Not labeled, but obviously Red Arrow #78.  Exact location?


ERA's #1 leased From T.A.T. Corp
Mt. Vernon, NY   April 1944

Southern N.Y. RY.
Combination Interurban
at Hartwick, NY
June 20/36
Orange

10/3/43
P & W southbound as seen from Penna. RR
freight cutoff
CHARLES H. BRADY
CLARENDON HILLS, ILL.

10/3/43
LVT going W. on P&W near
Penna RR freight cutoff
CHARLES H. BRADY
CLARENDON HILLS, ILL.


International Rys.    Buffalo Lockport Int.

Pittsburgh near Monongahela River

Baltimore, West Arlington Barns

Photo by R. W. Merriman
Cap. City Transit No. 1234
At Girard, Ill.     On July 1940
New "PCC" car on way to
Wash DC from St. Louis Car Co (Snapped going thru
town on ITRR Train #202).

3 comments:

Larry Lovejoy said...

PSTCo 78 is westbound on West Chester Pike, likely just beyond the signed Westgate Hills destination, as that was the end of the double track.   The house with the mansard roof appears to have survived:  https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9743635,-75.3263934,3a,75y,308.11h,82.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJQ8XxyVq-CPrKeRhIXDaaw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D7.87102570700965%26panoid%3DJQ8XxyVq-CPrKeRhIXDaaw%26yaw%3D308.10824557873724!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
The rail car (Red Arrow eschewed the word "trolley") also survives at Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.  

The two-car train of P&W Bullets and the LVT 1000 series car both appear to be in the same location and both running westbound to Norristown.   Today, the Pennsylvania Turnpike crosses overhead at this location.   The industrial activity on the left side of each image was a massive stone quarry.   

PRCo 1714 is about to turn right from Fort Pitt Boulevard to the Smithfield Street bridge.   The SHANNON DRAKE destination dates it to after August of 1953 while the absence of the Fort Pitt Bridge dates it to earlier than 1958.   

Anonymous said...

I think the second photo is car 316 at Shoreline, Union St Railway

Randall Hicks said...

Yes, I'm sure that's right. I had to look this up, but TATS is a later name for TARS. In either case, you need a name.