Drake Fantrip
On the 4th day of September, 1999, Pittsburgh saw Its final PCC Car run after 66 years of faithful service.

The last schedule to be printed for the PCC.

Drake route map.
Here we come! I am the second car coming down, 4009.
Let's now go look at a few pics of the PA trolley museum fantrip. It took place on September 5, 1999. I was honored to be a operator for this event, along with operators Howard Stevens and Joeseph Brandtner. We also need to thank instructors Bob Winchel and Joe Chichi for their help, and Chuck Rompala from road operations for trying to coordinate the whole event. The three PCCs were dressed simply, carrying a few balloons on their pilots and commemorative messages in their destination boxes: "A PCC Finale" (4004), "Farewell PCC's" (4008) and "Goodbye Friends" (4009, my car). There wasn't much left of the balloons by the time we were finished.

Let's load em' up!
4008 on the Library line at Lytle.
This shot was staged by us for the benefit of the fans. The higher ups said it couldn't be done, but in reality, it was simple, and everyone loved it!
My car, 4009 at Drake Loop . We had 3 cars in the loop at once.
4004 sitting at Library Loop, waiting to be staged for the Simmons 3.
Operators on the fantrip. Pictured are, L TO R, Howard Stevens, Myself, And Joseph Brandtner.
More to Come!