PCC 1700 Crosstown Route

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, ray wrote:

> Hello. I just finally purchased PCC Coast to Coast. This book states that
> 1700 ran on the 22 Crosstown line for a couple of months. Is this true, and
> if so does anyone know why? I also noticed that the car did not have the
> metal "cow catcher" pilot. The Pittsburgh trolley Pictorial shows  1700
> with the metal pilot. I thought these cars came this way from St. Louis.
> Did PRCo add the pilot and roof light?

My reference materials are at home... was 1700 one of the "interurban"
cars? (specially equipped for the runs to Washington/Charleroi, as
apparently required by law)

That would explain the pilot and roof light; Do I also recall correctly
that they were removed after the cars were no longer being used for those
services (read: 1953)?

-D