The First *Wing* Logo Application !!!!!!!

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

By the way, I make decals of the wing logo in HO and O taken directly from a
slide if anyone is interested.   I know that CustomTraxx  has released them
also but mine aren't $10.

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net] 
Sent:	Saturday, February 05, 2000 5:22 AM
To:	PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3*
Subject:	The  First  *Wing*  Logo  Application !!!!!!!

Greetings!

	Some time back there was a general discussion of when the first
winged
logo was placed on the cars and *about-1955* seemed logical.
	However, I was just reviewing my photos and I have a photo of 1614
on a
fan-trip in 1953 on the Washington line and the logo is as clear as can
be!  The spare trolley pole can still be clearly seen mounted on the
car.  These spare poles were removed by late 1953 when the interurbans
were truncated within Allegheny County.
	Was PRCo reorganized by this time after filing bankruptcy?  If so,
this
might explain the wings.
	Before we had assumed that 1955 would be correct as none of my
photos
seemed to show the logo before that and 55 would certainly be after PRCo
had gone thru receivership!

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