Car Life

[Kenneth Josephson]

Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> > Kenneth Josephson wrote:
>
> > . . . The low
> > floors were very attractive looking cars in my opinion. People I know who
> > remember riding the ones converted to interurban service hated them and some
> > claimed they would wait for one of the "real" interurbans to come along if
> > possible. But they are nice to look at.
>
>         Say  What?!?!:->??  The 3750s as interurbans (which were Built For
> Interurban Service, not converted) were very short-lived  --  1925--1930
> at the most as the 15-St.Louis' supplemented the 15-Brills in 1928.
> They were occasionally used as trippers on the interurbans after this.
> And the first 9-10 had a left side door cut in for Sewickley service
> operated from South Hills.  Who do you know that rode these cars on the
> interurban then?!?!:->>

One was an elderly gentleman who passed away during the mid 1970s. He was once a
crane operator for Pressed Steel Car Company. He absolutely hated the Low Floor
interurbans. He called them "toonervilles." Another was a woman whose entire
family didn't enjoy riding them if they had to ride the entire length of the
interurban lines. She claimed her parents used to state that "streetcars belong in
the city." She's in her upper eighties now and her grand daughter informed me she
isn't much with the program anymore. I didn't get to see anyone in that family
during my last trip to Pittsburgh.