PCC 1700 Crosstown Route

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

The car was equipped for city service (life guard instead of pilot) and run
there simply for promotional purposes.  There were to be 100 new cars and
the company wanted to get all the publicity it could.  But it would be a
couple months before the other 99 showed up, so they put it where it would
get the greatest exposure.  It was delivered at Millvale equipped as an
interurban; Homewood shop people changed that temporarily.  The roof lights
were installed at St. Louis Car.
-----Original Message-----
From: ray <raymond at nauticom.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 11:43 AM
Subject: PCC 1700 Crosstown Route


>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?
>
>Thanks  Ray
>
>