A very interesting find

Today I found this negative buried in the console of my truck.  This photo was taken in Houston Borough, with little Kids (perhaps friends of Charlie Fife), gathered around M1 as it made its way to Arden February 7, 1954.

 

I remember this negative as one of those I received from Lou Redman's Collection.  It came to me clipped out of the strip so it had to be scanned individually.  I remember scanning it, I am searching my drives for it now,  but it must have slipped out of the envelope when I was taking it to the Archives.  I scanned it again this afternoon.

Here's a group from the same negatives taken by Lou Redman.  This one is M1 on the right-of-way just south of Cheeseman, which was the first stop south of the US 19 (Washington Road) underpass.

M1 is pulling up behind 3756 at Richfol, (now one of our shelters) at what is now the northern end of Adams Avenue and the parking lot of Sarris Candy.

Here's Lou's shot taken on Pike Street just south of Central Avenue in Canonsburg.  Dick Bowker is standing on the step.

M1 has just crossed Chartiers Creek from Pike Street where today there is a EPA mitigation site.  The missing Walt Stafa photo fits in here along with a couple of map markups I did showing the route of the tracks.

This photo, likely from Ara Mesrobian, is included here so readers can reference the angle from which the next photo was taken.

Finally the rear view of M1 taken from the Houston trestle where it landed on Grant Street, where the original scanned photo was taken.  I'm thinking that at this point Lou was riding in 4393, the car which returned riders to Pittsburgh after the 3 cars to Arden move and guest operations.  

I remember Lou occasionally told a favorite story about how he ran into Jeffries' Drug Store to buy film and asked the clerk to hurry as he had to catch a trolley and how the clerk was incredulous as he saw the cars go by outside on Pike @ Jefferson (in the storefront which is now Iceburgs).

I'm thinking that this is where Lou got on 4393 and caught up with the rear of the parade.

Well that's all the history and memories for today...In case you for some reason bookmarked my blog and occasionally click my blogspot unsolicited, this is your reward... For what that's worth...

Keep smilin' CuzinBruce