I made it for Founders' day and had a really great time. I got to photograph all the cars and buses I had come to see. I even got a private ride on PCC 2709.
Tom -
Glad you enjoyed your visit. While some of it wasn't planned until the last moment, we did manage to get quite a selection from the fleet out last Saturday. Some (like 2709 and Twin Cities 1267) aren't pretty now, but gave a good indication of what's going on behind the scenes. 1267 in particular, where the new wood is installed, is really gleaming, if you look past the parts of the car still being worked on.
North Shore 755 ran flawlessly for two days (we had it out Friday as well), and even Chicago 225 made a trip to Talbot Park. There were a possibly record seven (!) cars waiting at Talbot park post parade, as some of the cars that just moved in the yards were returned to storage following the event.
Here's a view of a few cars that were in the parade. I had the pleasure of motoring 3283, the ex-BERy/MTA/MBTA line car (aka the "cheesebox") in the parade, right after it was used for an impromptu live demonstration of it's intended purpose - a wire hanger on the shop lead needed some adjustment that morning.
And it's always good to exercise the PCC car, no matter what it looks like.