Interurban 1600s

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Vigrass, Bill wrote:
> 
> It is amazing the information that shows up in this website.  I think that
> you guys could recreate PRCo in its entirety from scratch!    Bill V.

	We're working on it, Bill, and we can use your help.  St.-Petersburg
Trams of Russia is coming out with the first (last) PRCo product right
now in "O" Scale so we have a starting point.  Now we need to find
someone with the space, someone with drafting and engineering skills,
someone with . . . . . . . .

> 
>         ----------
>         From:  Jim Holland [SMTP:pghpcc at pacbell.net]
>         Sent:  Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:32 AM
>         To:  Dave Hamley
>         Cc:  pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>         Subject:  Re: Interurban 1600s
> 
>         Greetings!
> 
>         Dave Hamley wrote:
>         >
>         > Here's the data being sought earlier today:
>         >
>         > Dates of conversion to interurban service:
>         >
>         > 1613    12-45
>         > 1614    5-20-46
>         > 1615    1-20-48
>         > 1616    1-26-48
>         > 1617    2-2-48
>         > 1618    2-3-48
>         > 1619    2-15-48
>         > 1644    2-3-48, back to city service 5-19-49
>         > 1645    5-14-48
>         > 1646    2-25-48
>         > 1647    3-4-48
>         > 1648    3-15-48
>         >
>         >
>         > The roof headlights were installed between 3-26-49 and 5-5-49.
>         >
>         > Dave Hamley
> 
>                 Fascinating, Dave!  THANKS for taking the time to find this
>         information; Ed had mentioned he forwarded the request to you.  You had
>         sent me the dates of conversion for the interurban cars earlier.
> 
>                 A 3.26 - 5.5 of 1949 date for installation of the roof headlights on
>         the 1600 series interurbans is after all the 1700 series interurbans
>         were in service!
> 
>                 It is interesting but this subject came up on another trolley list.
>         Someone mentioned that they were in Pgh about 1946-7 and they were
>         waiting for the Washington interurban and were disappointed to see *one
>         of those PCCs with the roof light* come along and being forced to ride
>         that!  I mentioned that the roof lights did not debut until late 1948 or
>         1949 but they insisted it was 46-47 because that is when he got to use
>         his dad's camera for the first time instead of his own Brownie. 'Fraid
>         your dates might be wrong, Dave! <VBG>  ;>]
> 
>         James B. Holland
>         ------- -- ---------
>                 Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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James B. Holland
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        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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