Annual Conventions

2017

Atlanta & New Orleans July 1–July 5

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2017 Convention | Atlanta

MARTA’s Armour Maintenance Facility provides running repairs on all three types of cars in the fleet. The yard and shop are located alongside the Red and Gold lines north of downtown

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Viewing the width of the shop along the requisite shop track used to get car trucks to their disassembly and repair area

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Car 601 is the first of 102 Breda built cars delivered beginning in 2001

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Overall view of Armour maintenance shop showing inspection pits

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Inspection pits in Atlanta Streetcar’s Operations and Maintenance facility located under I-85 near King Memorial neighborhood

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

The fourth of four Siemens short S-70 model streetcars in the yard under the I-85 expressway. Normally two cars are required to provide the 15 minute service

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Atlanta Streetcar 1001 turns from Peachtree Street into Ellis near the MARTA Peachtree Center subway station on its route to Centennial Olympic Park at the northwestern end of its route

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

MARTA 287 and train, built by Hitachi in 1984-85, enter the bare rock walled Peachtree Center station, which is the deepest on the system at 120 feet below the surface of Peachtree Street

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Former Savannah & Atlanta (originally Florida East Coast) 4-6-2 locomotive from 1910 at the Southeastern Railway Museum

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Southeastern Railway Museum train ride consisting of GE 50 Ton locomotive 101, former Southern transfer caboose XC7871 and Norfolk & Western caboose 500837, built in 1940

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta

Armco Steel Baldwin-Westinghouse box cab diesel locomotive. First diesel commercially sold (1929). Undergoing restoration in the back shop at Southeastern Railway Museum

John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

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2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ312 approaching East Lake station

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ311 approaching Dunwoody South Bound

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ310 at Dunwoody South Bound

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ311 at Lindberg Center North Bound

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

MARTA CQ310s passing at Kensington

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ312 at Kensington East Bound

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ311 at Peachtree Center South Bound

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ311 at Peachtree Center South Bound

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

ERA Welcome Sign

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ311 class car built 1984–1987 by Hitachi, rebuilt 2006 by Alstom at Armour Shops

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ312 at Armour Shop

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ312 class car interior, built by Breda 2001–2005

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA

CQ310 Operator’s Console

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

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2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar

Olympic Centennial Park

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar

Woodruff Park station

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar

Woodruff Park station

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar

Carnegie at Spring station

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar

Ellis St and Carnegie Way

Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

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2017 Convention | Amtrak Crescent

Heritage Dining Car 8507

Ron Yee (July 4, 2017)

2017 Convention | Amtrak Crescent

Sasha Ivanoff, Bob Newhouser, John Pappas and Mike Glikin in Dining Car 8507

Ron Yee (July 4, 2017)

2017 Convention | Amtrak Crescent

Amtrak P42DC 196 on Train #19 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal

Ron Yee (July 4, 2017)

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2017 Convention | New Orleans

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA) sand car/rail grinder 29 on display at Carrollton carhouse. Last Ford, Bacon & Davis car to exist, built in 1896 by St. Louis Car Co. The car was used on the last ERA visit to New Orleans in 1961

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

The back shops at Carrollton, where streetcar magic is made. Perley Thomas 921 sits alongside a Riverfront replica car built in this very space

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

Perley Thomas car 926 benefits from two types of modern floor jacks which make relatively easy work of dropping its trucks for maintenance

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

Car 937, the prototype for the late-1980s reconstruction of the Perley Thomas fleet, gets its wheels trued

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

NORTA Carrollton Station (carhouse) general repair area

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

Inner terminal of the St. Charles Line at Carondelet & Canal. This car served as our ERA fantrip car while on St. Charles

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

Car 2011, one of 24 replica cars built new at Carrollton beginning in 2000, passes its regular home, the A. Phillip Randolph (Canal Street) carhouse, while outbound to Cemetaries

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans

Replica car 2019 changes ends at the current terminal of the Rampart-St. Claude line at Elysian Fields Avenue before returning to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal via Loyola on the newest stretch of the streetcar system

John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

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2017 Convention | NORTA

ERA Group Picture at Carrollton Shop

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

St Charles line streetcar on lifts

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

#29 single truck work car

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Riverfront line streetcar operators console and farebox

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Riverfront streetcar interior with ADA lift

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Riverfront line Streetcar approaching Tolouse St station

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Canal St line streetcars at Peter’s Street

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Canal St line streetcar nearing Salcedo St outbound

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Riverfront Streetcar departing Touluse St, JAX Brewery

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Loyola Rampart Streetcar departing Ursalines

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Loyola Rampart line streetcar at Julia

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Loyola Rampart Streetcar at Loyola and Howard St leaving Union Passenger Terminal

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

Canal St Streetcar at Harrah’s Casino

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

St Charles line streetcar at Walnut St near Loyola University

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA

St Charles line streetcar on St Charles at Lafayette

Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

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2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People

Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans

Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)

2016

Washington Metropolitan Area September 3–6

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2016 Convention | Union Station

Group shot of ERA Annual Convention attendees

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

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2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Arriving at the museum

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Conduit track switch and crossover on display near the entrance of the museum

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Conduit track switch and crossover on display near the entrance of the museum

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2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

A section of conduit track outside the Street Car Hall

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

The Rock Creek Electric Railway has a section of conduit tracks, even including a plow pit where the conduit starts!

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij 1329 (1971)

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

HTM 1329 approaching the museum

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

HTM 1329 at the museum

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

HTM 1329 followed by Toronto Transit Commission 4602

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Because of a downed tree at the halfway point on the route, our PCC had to be operated in reverse using the rear controller on its return trip to the museum

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Pristine detail of door light on HTM 1329

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2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Pristine detail of tail lamp on TTC 4602 (1951)

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

TTC 4602 entering the loop

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2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

TTC 4602 photo opp

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2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

TTC 4602 nearing the museum

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Capital Traction Company 522 (1898) and other classics in the Street Car Hall

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Fully restored and operational D.C. Transit 1101 (1967)

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

D.C. Transit 1101

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Capital Transit 1430 (1944), on display in the Street Car Hall, awaiting restoration

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2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Capital Transit 1430 frames attendees awaiting the arrival of “The Boat”

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Blackpool Transport Services 606 (1934) arriving in in Street Car Hall

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Ron Yee and other convention attendees enjoying an open air ride in BTS 606, also known as “The Boat”

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

BTS 606 controls

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Our motorman (skipper?) stops to explain the operation of BTS 606

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

2016 Convention | National Capital Trolley Museum

Pausing for a BTS 606 photo opp

Sandy Campbell (September 5, 2016)

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2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Located on the south side of Brambleton Ave., Ft Norfolk / Medical Center Station is the western terminus of the Tide

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

A pedestrian bridge connects the Eastern Virginia Medical Center (EVMC) on the right to the Eastern Virginia Medical School

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Aerial view of the western terminus

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2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Route map and schedule kiosk

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Ticket vending maching

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Tide light rail car entering the Norfolk Central Business District

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Ad wrapped Tide car approaching MacArthur Square Station

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Decorative compass rose illustrated with a map of Norfolk; MacArthur Square Station is in the background

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

MacArthur Square with MacArthur Memorial in background and light rail station on the right

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

MacArthur Square Station

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Aerial view of downtown Norfolk with MacArthur Square Station in center

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2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

The Norfolk Light Rail Vehicle Storage and Maintenance Facility lies just east of NSU Station, the only elevated station on the line, and immediately across from Norfolk State University

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Aerial view of the Vehicle Storage and Maintenance Facility looking east, with NSU on the left

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2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

A broader aerial view of the Vehicle Storage and Maintenance Facility looking west, with NSU Station visible at the top of the viaduct

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2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Approaching Newtown Road Station, the eastern terminus

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

As with Ft Newport Station, the line merges to a single track just before it reaches the station. A park and ride is on the right

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Newtown Road Station bumping block

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Across the street from Newtown Road Station is an abandoned freight right-of-way that leads to Virginia Beach

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Voters have approved building a three-mile extension of the Tide to Virginia Beach along the abandoned freight right-of-way, visible on the right in this Google Earth aerial view, but politicians are dragging their feet

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2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Interior of the Siemens S70 light rail vehicle, one of nine in the Tide fleet

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Interior of the Siemens S70 light rail vehicle

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

Interior of the Siemens S70 light rail vehicle

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

2016 Convention | The Tide (Norfolk, Virginia)

ERA board members Mike Glickin (left) and John Pappas

Sandy Campbell (September 4, 2016)

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DC Streetcar

We will take a one-way ride on regularly scheduled service on what will be one of the nation’s newest streetcar system, the H Street/Benning Road line

YouTube video by DDOTVideos (June 17, 2014)

DC Streetcar

CBTC track slab rebar and boot installation

Flickr Photo by DDOT (June 01, 2013)

DC Streetcar

Day 1 of in-traffic operator training on H St NE

Flickr Photo by DDOT (August 04, 2014)

DC Streetcar

H Street Festival

Flickr Photo by DDOT (June 21, 2014)

Washington Metro Silver Line

Dulles Airport Station

Joseph Romeo

Washington Metro Silver Line

Dulles Airport Station

Joseph Romeo

The Tide

Norfolk, Virginia light rail

John Pappas (August 21, 2012)

The Tide

Norfolk, Virginia light rail

John Pappas (August 21, 2012)

The Tide

Norfolk, Virginia light rail

John Pappas (August 21, 2012)

Baltimore Streetcar Museum

A scene from the ERA’s 2011 Baltimore Weekend trip

Sandy Campbell (May 22, 2011)

Baltimore Weekend

A scene from the ERA’s 2011 Baltimore Weekend trip

Sandy Campbell (May 22, 2011)

2015

Texas Triangle September 3–8

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Houston Metro

221 northbound on Main approaching Preston Station

John Pappas (October 14, 2014)

Houston Metro

First generation Siemens S-70 southbound leaving Preston Station

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

219 southbound crossing new Green and Purple lines at Capitol & Main

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

105 northbound at under construction Central Station, which opened for service on March 4, 2015. It will be the transfer station between the existing Red and new Green and Purple lines

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

Second generation short S-70 206 (purchased off a Utah Transit Authority option) crosses the Main Street Fountain southbound

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

215 crosses the fountain northbound

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

102 Southbound at Main & McKinney

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

205 at the northern end of the Red line, Northline Transit Center/HCC Station

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

Comparison of front end treatments between second (left) and first generation S-70 cars. Houston had the first S-70 order for 18 cars delivered in 2003

John Pappas (October 12, 2014)

Houston Metro

209 and train crossing the Main Street Fountain southbound

John Pappas (October 14, 2014)

Houston Metro

Main Street Fountain doing a water ballet between trains

John Pappas (October 14, 2014)

Houston Metro

Two-car trains passing at the fountain. Service is every six minutes

John Pappas (October 14, 2014)

Houston Metro

The fountain has been the focal point of a downtown revitalization

John Pappas (October 14, 2014)

Houston Metro

METRORail released the first six of an order of 39 new CAF light rail vehicles into service on the existing Red Line on Wednesday, January 8, 2015. Car 310 is southbound about to enter the McGowen Station. Metro is preliminarily scheduling the opening of their next two rail lines (Green and Purple) for sometime in April, but that is contingent on enough CAF cars being available for service by then

John Pappas (January 04, 2015)

2013

Denver Salt-Lake City May 24–30

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2013 Convention | Denver-Salt Lake City

Convention attendees at West Valley City, Utah Trax Station

Kevin M. Conde, West Valley City Public Relations (May 29, 2013)

2013 Convention | Denver-Salt Lake City

Convention attendees at West Valley City, Utah Trax Station

Kevin M. Conde, West Valley City Public Relations (May 29, 2013)

2013 Convention | Denver-Salt Lake City

Convention attendees at West Valley City, Utah Trax Station

Kevin M. Conde, West Valley City Public Relations (May 29, 2013)

2012

Boston August 30–September 4

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2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

2012 Convention | Boston

Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor

Sandy Campbell (September 3, 2012)

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2012 Convention | Seashore

Tram 639

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

1030 passes 434

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Jack May (right) debarks from the Philadelphia Limited

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

225 passes 434

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Two trains both numbered 434 at a photo stop

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

1227

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Louis Hitch (right foreground) enjoys the luxury of car 1227

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

You could relax all day in car 1227

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

One of the museum conductors

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Old Orchard 31

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

DC Transit PCC 1304 awaits passengers

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

WCBS Newsradio-880 meteorologist Todd Glickman (left) serves as an instructor teaching volunteers how to operate the Museum’s streetcars, subway trains and historic buses

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

A fully loaded PCC ready to roll

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Ray Berger

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

DC Transit PCC 1304 debarks

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

The historic control tower

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

One of the Museum’s elaborate switches

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Even more elaborate overhead wiring

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

DC Transit PCC motorman

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Glasgow Car 1274 by Glasgow Corp. Transport, 1941

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Glasgow Car 1274 by Glasgow Corp. Transport, 1941

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Glasgow Car 1274 by Glasgow Corp. Transport, 1941

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Glasgow Car 1274 by Glasgow Corp. Transport, 1941

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Work locomotive 300

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Locomotive engineer takes a break

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

State of the Art Car (SOAC) train by St. Louis Car Company, 1972

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2012 Convention | Seashore

Seashore Trolley Museum book store

Sandy Campbell (September 2, 2012)

2004

San Francisco September 4–7

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San Francisco

Former California Street Cable Railroad 50 is westbound on that thoroughfare at Grant in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown. The ERA excursions didn’t touch Muni’s Cable Car Division lines, but a better picture to set the scene for an article on Bay Area traction can hardly be imagined

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Francisco

ERA members at the 2004 Convention returning to a chartered VTA Light Rail car after a photo stop at the Old Ironsides Station during the San Jose day trip. The late Frank S. Miklos, then president of the ERA, is on the right in the foreground; behind him, from left, are John Pappas and Ray Berger

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Francisco

ERA Trip and Convention Chairman Jack May boards VTA Light Rail car at Old Ironsides Station

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

VTA Light Rail

Looking out the rear cab of VTA Kinki Sharyo LRV at the view of the northern end of the 1.4-mile elevated structure which is the signature feature of the new Tasman East-Capitol light rail extension. Two stations are located on the elevated portion, one of which serves the Great Mall shopping complex. The extension opened just weeks prior to the ERA Convention

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

VTA Light Rail

A two-car train of Kinkis, the usual consist, heads northbound along the generous right-of-way in the middle of the Capitol Expressway bound for Santa Teresa station in South San Jose

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

VTA Light Rail

VTA 923 shows one of the elevated stations, Montague, as it travels north and westward from the terminal at Alum Rock to Mountain View Caltrain Station. This “modified T” service pattern was later changed so the Capitol route was served by main trunk trains to and from Santa Teresa

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Jose Historic Trolley

Ex-Milan Peter Witt 2001 serves as the overflow fan trip car, seen here along the downtown “sidewalk” right-of-way

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Jose Historic Trolley

A member enjoys the view out the front of historic car 1 during a fan trip through downtown San Jose

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Jose Historic Trolley

Historic cars are stored in a special bay at VTA’s Light Rail Division off Younger Street

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Jose Historic Trolley

Two generations of VTA LRVs frame historic car 1 at VTA’s Light Rail Division off Younger Street.

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Jose Historic Trolley

Car 1 was built in 1903 for service in Sacramento, but spent most of its life in Santa Cruz. It was restored by the San Jose Trolley Corporation in 1985

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

History Park at Kelley Park

The San Jose Trolley Corporation shop, a seemingly magic place where six streetcars were brought back to life by some of the most skilled and knowledgeable craftsmen in the industry in the 1980s and early ’90s. The program is over, at least for now, but the products of that remarkable time are still around for traction enthusiasts to enjoy, hopefully for a long time to come. Central Railroad Company (San Francisco) horsecar 7 is posed just outside the shop. This car dates from 1863

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

History Park at Kelley Park

A view inside the shop where cars were reconstructed, largely from weathered and often incomplete bodies. Seen in the background is a cable car, California Street 23, built in 1910 and awaiting further restoration

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

History Park at Kelley Park

Car 124 does the honors on the tourist line at History Park at Kelley Park during ERA’s Saturday visit. Built for San Jose Railroads in 1912, it ran from 1988 until 1999 on VTA’s downtown historic trolley loop and has since been repatriated to the place where it was re-born from a body shell in the mid-1980s. The tower above the car contains an arc lamp which was used to illuminate the town at night during the early days of electricity

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

History Park at Kelley Park

Near the entrance to History Park, a seldom used piece of trackage that serves as a spur. It saw use during ERA’s visit to allow one service car to pass the other

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

History Park at Kelley Park

Car 143, a Fresno Traction Co. Birney dating from 1922, serves as the second car on the Historic Village Main Street streetcar line during ERA’s visit

Sandy Campbell (Saturday, September 4, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Our Muni excursion presented attendees with the opportunity to ride PCCs where they don’t normally go, in this case along the Embarcadero on the N line, the exclusive domain of Breda LRVs. Muni has eventual plans for an E line, which will one day see regular streetcar service on this portion of track, intermingling with the LRVs and continuing north to Fisherman’s Wharf

John Pappas (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

The end of the line for wide cars. The crossover at Carl and Hillway is as far out on the N line as conventional cars can travel due to restrictive clearances at the inbound wheelchair ramp at 9th & Judah. In this view, 9-foot wide “Torpedo” 1010 (St. Louis 1948) waits until its sister Torpedo 1007 and New Orleans 952 have their turn over the crossover

John Pappas (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Stack-up on Jones Street. The three ERA excursion cars meet the regular service F car at its regular layover spot at Jones & Beach in the Fisherman’s Wharf area. PCC 1055 (St Louis Car Co.) models the Philadelphia Transportation Company 1940’s scheme in which it was delivered as their 2122 in 1948

John Pappas (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Down to the sea on a Boat. The normally unused trackage on mb-1val between 46th and 48th Avenues sees big activity for a few minutes in the afternoon while car 1010 operates to the end of trackage and the Blackpool, England Boat tram No. 228, a single-ender built in 1934, is backed down toward Great Highway, with the Pacific in the background

John Pappas (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

The crew of the Boat tram prepares the car for an afternoon out with the ERA convention attendees. Our host for the day was Peter Ehrlich, who is seen at the controls

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

New Orleans 952 emerges from the Sunset Tunnel at the west portal near Carl & Cole streets loaded with convention attendees

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Still the pride of the F line, Muni car 1 of 1912, seen here at Market & O’Farrell. The car has since been taken out of service for a much needed rebuilding

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Boeing 1320 wearing the Muni morph stripe scheme (copied from Philadelphia) and being prepared for duties as a wrecker, is on the loop track at Metro Yard

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Nearing the end of an era under double overhead, Muni’s 28-year old Flyer trolley coaches were living on borrowed time. New ETI-Skoda 40-foot replacements had all arrived and delivery was well along on the 60-foot artic versions. At the time of our convention, the lower yard at Potrero was still home to over 25 of these workhorses

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

The last major concentration of Flyers was on line 6-Parnassus. Their assignment there finally succumbed to concerns over assuring the line’s accessibility

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

San Francisco Muni

Coach 5277 is seen outbound on Haight Street at Baker in a shot taken from the steps of Buena Vista Park. A few Flyers ran well into 2007 as morning trippers on line 41-Union. At the time of our visit, Muni had just taken delivery of former Brussels, Belgium PCC 7037, seen tucked away inside Geneva yard. This car subsequently was painted in a commemorative Zurich tram scheme to honor that city’s Sister City status with San Francisco. It sees occasional use on the F line renumbered as 737

Ray Berger (Sunday, September 5, 2004)

Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista

Peninsular Railways 52 was constructed in 1903 and served that Southern Pacific subsidiary, operating between San Jose and Saratoga until abandonment in 1934. It is seen here on the former SN mainline at Gum Grove Station on the day of our visit

Ray Berger (Monday, September 6, 2004)

Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista

The pride of the Western Railway Museum is its 22-mile mainline. The line is still situated away from development and gives the feel of what it must have been like to ride the Sacramento Northern on the part of the line north of the Sacramento River delta through the Montezuma Hills. That feeling is conveyed in this photo of Salt Lake and Utah observation 751 on the end of a three car train at Gum Grove Station during the ERA’s visit

Ray Berger (Monday, September 6, 2004)

Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista

Key System 352 is seen here painted in the scheme of the East Bay Street Railways, which it wore for much of the 1930s. The car was built to a standard wooden deck roof design in 1911 and extensively rebuilt during its 37-year career

Ray Berger (Monday, September 6, 2004)

Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista

ERA members, especially those from the east coast, were treated to a ride in a former Manhattan Elevated car, No. 844, brought to northern California during the early years of World War II and used to provide service on the Richmond Shipyard Railway, operating from Emeryville to Kaiser Shipyards. The car was built in 1887

Ray Berger (Monday, September 6, 2004)

Sacramento Light Rail

Sacramento RT 219 at the Meadowview terminal of the South Line (now designated the Blue Line). The line was opened September 26, 2003. 219 is one of an order for 40 vehicles delivered in 2002–03 and was the first to be built for a North American customer by CAF of Spain

John Pappas (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)

Sacramento Light Rail

A line-up of other light rail equipment at the yard. Car 35 of Pacific Gas & Electric is used on occasion as RT’s historic car. It was reconstructed by the San Jose Trolley Corporation in 1986. 314, built by UTDC in Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1986, was recently acquired from San Jose. 116 is a Siemens-Duewag U2A of 1987

John Pappas (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)

Sacramento Light Rail

2004 was a year of continuing expansion in Sacramento, as the East Line (now part of the Gold Line) extended operation 2.8 miles from Mather Field-Mills to Sunrise. The extension contained three new stations, including this one at Cordova Town Center serving the separate city of Rancho Cordova. U2A 110 and train are westbound on June 11, 2004

John Pappas (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)

Siemens Transportation

The floor at Siemens Transportation Systems in Sacramento during ERA’s visit shows the variety of orders receiving final assembly. In the foreground are SD660 70% low-floor cars for Portland’s Max. Toward the rear are a couple of examples of high-floor SD 460s for St. Louis’ Metrolink, their fourth order for this model. One example (painted in signature red) of an S70 Avanto for San Diego Trolley stands out at the rear

Ray Berger (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)

Siemens Transportation

St. Louis Metrolink 4002 poses in the delivery yard behind the plant. The plant has several hundred feet of track under live overhead for testing. The car has yet to receive the red and dark blue striping and Metro “M” logos. ERA members would encounter this car again on its home turf at the 2007 convention

Ray Berger (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)