Pearl Brewery to Close

Charles Brown · **Posted:** Sun Sep 05, 1999 5:20 pm

I just heard that the Pearl Brewery in San Antonio will close in a couple of months, taking with it the Texas Transportation Company which switches cars between the plant and the SP interchange using a couple of electric locomotives. Can anybody confirm (or hopefully deny) this rumor? 

Charlesebrown@webtv.net

Rooster · **Posted:** Sun Sep 05, 1999 7:39 pm

I will miss the Pearl Beer!

Jack Franklin · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 1999 12:22 pm

Are there any plans to save the operation as a heritage trolley line? I'm sure one of the Texas traction outfits would like to get the freight motors. 

jftrolley@aol.com

Andy Nold · **Posted:** Tue Sep 07, 1999 4:16 pm

Yeah, we sure would like to get the TE back. 

tnold@bigfoot.com

Charles Brown · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 1999 11:21 am

Is there any chance of having a farewell party where both locomotives could be run for the benefit of us railfans? Maybe the last weekend before closure? And maybe have cab rides (okay okay I know that's pushing it)? 

Charlesebrown@webtv.net

O. Anderson · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 1999 11:57 pm

What ever happened to San Antonio car 300, which i believe ran on this track in the 1980's? And if the brewery were to close and become a new loft condominium complex, would it make any sense to turn the line into a permenant historic fixture or even a part of the transit system?O. Anderson 

oanderso@uiuc.edu

Gary Landrio, Stone Consu · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 1999 9:49 pm

This car was for several years at Gales Creek, Oregon. Over a year ago the City of Astoria, Oregon got a long term lease from its owner, the San Antonio Museum of Art. My last information is that it is inside a votech school/college in Astoia being restored. They plan on running it in the future with a generator car on the former BN line which the city owns. 

garyland@stoneconsulting.com

Charles Brown · **Posted:** Fri Sep 10, 1999 9:26 pm

While we're on the subject, does anybody know anything about the San Antonio Car Company? According to Andrew Young's Veteran & Vintage Transit, they did the restoration of #300 and they also have 3 other San Antonio streetcar bodies and a horsecar. Also, if memory serves me (which it seldom does these days), wasn't #300 restored using the body of another car (#309?) with parts & equipment transferred from the original #300? If so, what happened to the original body of #300? 

Charlesebrown@webtv.net