South Hills Junction Updated

[Carl Zager]

Thanks, Jim. Good information.

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> Carl Zager wrote:
> 
> > So, 16xy is either 1630 or 1620. John has historical info on the 1630. Is
> > it possible it is 1620?
> 
> 	NO!!  It is 1630 - the only PRCo air car to be delivered from
> St.-Louis-Car with fans and a roof monitor.  After the closing of
> Highland, 1630 lived out its days in South Hills as 1620--1629 were
> already there!  Definitely not 1620.
> 	John Bromley mentioned that the fans were removed along with the roof
> monitor and a trolley cowl from an 11- or 10- was put at the trolley
> pole base.  The car was overhauled electrically and mechanically, it was
> repainted to the hour glass front of the 17s, and it received its first
> PRCo logo in 1961 as a result.
> 	Apparently because 1630 looked differently from the other 16s (trolley
> cowl), the car was rejected by ({[pat]}) even though it was a stellar
> performer!
> 
> 	*I* am the one who received permission from Scholes to post this photo
> on abpr which was then picked up by Dave's.  The number is most
> definitely 1630!
> 
> > :: Carl
> > 
> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, John F Bromley wrote:
> > 
> > > I was justt browsing your wewbsite, following the offered link, and have the
> > > flollowing to note on a coiuyple of your photos in the roster links.
> > >
> > > On the 1600 link the second photo is not 1600 but 1630, apparenmtly in front
> > > of Highland Park CH (you asked for more data).  The roof monitor was
> > > removed, I think about 1960-61 but I'm prepared to be corrected, when it
> > > received a small cowling from a 1000 or 1100 series to run out its days
> > > looking like one of those series cars.
> > >
> > > On the 4200 series photo link, you have a question mark on 4388.  The last
> > > number appears to me to be a 9, probbly 4389 or 4399.  I don't know the
> > > scrapping dates for those cars, but if they lasted until that photo was
> > > taken it's one of them.
> > >
> > > John F Bromley
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dietrich, Robert J." <bob.dietrich at unisys.com>
> > > To: <trolley at railspot.com>; <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:06 PM
> > > Subject: South Hills Junction Updated
> > >
> > >
> > > > To all of you who expressed interest I've finally updated the module
> > > > progress with words and a picture.  Go straight to the update by clicking
> > > > this -- http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/module.htm#Nov27
> > > >
> > > > I'm embarrassed because I kept putting off updating the web thinking it
> > > > would take a long time.  When I sat down to do it I found there was little
> > > > to say about the progress.  I did, though, finalize the track plan - only
> > > > because the track laying has been completed, nothing changes now.
> > > >
> > > > I also made some changes to the picture pages, like correct the spelling
> > > of
> > > > names in the credits.
> > > >
> > > > If you haven't been to the site before here is the home page --
> > > > http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/default.htm.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and enjoy.
> > > >
> > > > Bob Dietrich
> > >
> > 
> >  Carl Zager                                             KB9RVB
> >  czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager
> 
> James B. Holland
> 
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 Carl Zager						KB9RVB
 czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager