BSM Track Updates . . . by John LaCosta
Tuesday (10/6) Ed Amrhein was Dispatcher with John Diefenbach and Paul
Ritterhoff as crew for an evening tour.
Wednesday (10/7) Warren Olt was Dispatcher with Harry Gesser, Charlie
Plantholt and John Diefenbach as crew for the normal Wednesday tours.
Saturday (10/10) ray Cannon was Dispatcher with John Diefenbach and Ben Bates
as crew.
During the afternoon Dave Crow and I installed the 600VDC wiring from the 28th
Street loop contactor to the switching box. At the same time we adjusted the
trolley contactor to align it better to the overhead trolley wire. The
preliminary testing looked good as we could see each car go through the
contactor on our test equipment.
Sunday (10/11) Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Bernie Sachs and Mike Citro as
crew.
Tuesday (10/13) Bob Krueger was Dispatcher with John Diefenbach and Paul
Ritterhoff as crew for an evening tour.
Wednesday (10/14) Warren Olt was Dispatcher with Harry Gesser, Dick Hutzler
and Jim Robertson as crew for the normal Wednesday tours.
Thursday (10/15) Ed and Rick Obbink were down to prepare the speeder for
Friday's filming.
Friday (10/16) By the time I arrived at the Museum (6AM) there were more
people from the filming company than we normally see on a fall Saturday. While
the filming was set to start at noon, there was quite a lot of preparation
that was needed. The filming is for a follow on movie to Avalon. As in Avalon,
the streetcars of Baltimore are part of the story.
The morning was spent getting 7407 ready for it's supporting role and the
speeder ready to haul the power supplies for the lights and cameras. For the
most part the BSM members just watched as the "pro's" did their thing. We did
provide fork lift service, but for the most part we just waited and watched.
Carl Merson was the "official" PCC operator in his 50's uniform.
Once things had settled in to the normal hurry up and wait of getting ready to
film, Dave Crow and I left the rest of the crew (Ed, Rick Obbink, Dave Crow,
Dan Lawrence(Dispatcher of record), Dennis Yeager, Ben Bates and David Baynes)
and took the line truck out to connect the 28th street contactor low voltage
lines along the right of way. We also finished serving the span wires for the
last replacement at 28th street a few weeks before. Ed and Rick continued to
work on the crane.
The filming started about 1PM and the line car was placed to block some 90's
looking things. During each filming Falls road was closed and lots of 50
automobiles drove by as the PCC went up and down the line. Details of the
filming we be in the next news letter.
Saturday (10/17) Dan Lawrence was Dispatcher with Dennis Falter, Rick Williams
and Bernie Sachs as crew.
Sunday (10/18) Carl Merson was Dispatcher and Mel Boteler, Fred Schneider and
Dave Crow were crew. This was also an antique car club meet so for the second
time in one week the museum was filled with older automobiles.
The next update will be in two weeks since next week I will be singing in a
local opera.
John
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