Johnstown

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

350 is a wonderful time warp.  With new air piping, broad gauge wheelsets
and a thorough washing, this will easily be one of our most popular cars.
About 50K should handle the basics.
----- Original Message -----
From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Johnstown


> On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Robert E. Rathke wrote:
>
> > I was there.  Thanks for the reminder - I forget about the date.  Some
of
> > the trolleys - especially the PCCs - stayed on Johnstown Traction Co.
> > property until at least the end of 1961, probably waiting for a buyer.
> > Today, at least two of the double-end cars are at museums - the 350 at
> > the Pa. Trolley Museum near Pittsburgh, and another car at the
Orbisonia,
> > PA trolley museum.
>
> More than that; The 350 series is the best-preserved, but 311 is at
> Orbisonia as well as (I think) 356. I have a picture of one of the 350's
> taken in a yard in San Francisco (windows boarded over) in the early 1990s
> somewhere which I'll dig out as soon as I get my house reorganized and
> upload somewhere.
>
> -D
>
>
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