PRCo PCC 1613 -- Musings!

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	There are 3 pull-outs in the back, Derrick, each measuring 25 X 
28 inches, each filled with information front and back.  I could x-rockx 
these for you but each sheet would probably be in multiple pieces which 
you would have to paste together.
	The particular item I referred to is on the back of insert "2" 
under Pittsburgh.  Fred lists the PCCs by electrical equipment and 
separates out the following individual cars:::::::   100, 1547, 1600, 
1630, 1674, 1675, 1700, 4000.  Car 1630 has note 8 attached which reads: 
 "--Equipped with B-3 trucks (SLC 6305) from car 1648 in 1955."  And
 "Rebuilt to body style 10 in 1957."

	I think the 1957 date for the conversion (to remove the roof 
monitor and the fans) is a little early - I have photo #N20854 from 
M.D.McCarter which shows 1614 sitting in front of 1630 at Palm Garden; 
1630 still has the roof monitor and fans and the date of the photo is 
listed as 1960.05.27.  I also have photo #N20863 of 1630 OB on Library at 
Latimer and the date is listed as 1954.12.23, just before the car 
*supposedly* got the B-3 trucks from 1648 after the Homewood fire.

	There are a number of mistakes on this list - and I definitely 
don't say that in a derogatory tone - with an undertaking this huge, 
mistakes are bound to creep in.  In the above mentioned listing of PRCo 
equipment, Fred lists the 14 and 15 series as *body style 20* which gives 
a 24 degree slope for the front windshield.  But on the third pullout he 
lists the 14s and 15s as having a 12 degree windshield.  A windshield of 
24 degrees on the 14s and 15s is correct; they were referred to as 
*Butterfly Windows* locally - the upper outer windows were angled instead 
of square to allow for a small air vent.

James B. Holland
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        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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