Car Barns & Car Assignments

[Fred Schneider]

The GE 1700s were split almost equally between Keating and Ingram.  To the
best of my knowledge, the highest numbered cars in Millvale were 1600s.  Of
course, much of this stuff is at Arden.  Hey Jim, take a week off and go
home and research it.  

And your question about 1600 on 71, 73, 96 ... that barn closed in 1954 and
1600 was lost in the Homewood barn fire in 1955.   You have raised an
interesting point.  And let me raise a few more. 
Did the union and/or the company allow any PCC qualified man to run any PCC
at that time or were the qualifications restricted to car types in the barn
you worked?   When the 4000s were put in service, the union insisted that no
man/woman run one until they were qualified ... didn't matter that they were
a 1700 in disguise ... some switches were moved and the demanded requal.  If
this was true in 1954, and I was in charge, I would have not let anyone run
it who was not already qualified.  Why throw money down a rathole.
Hypothetical.  Now someone run and ask John Baxter, for he was an instructor
back them.  

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net]
		Sent:	Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:48 AM
		To:	PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3*
		Subject:	Car  Barns  &  Car  Assignments

		Greetings!

			It is definitely a given that car assignments to
various Car Houses
		frequently changed for a variety of reasons, yet it is
interesting to
		note and / or speculate on some of the equipment
assignments.
			From photo identifications, it appears as though
PCCs 1775-1784 were at
		Keating in the very early 1950s and Ingram had 1795-1799.
Did
		Manchester or Millvale ever have any 17s assigned to them?
			I have a *possible-listing* of car assignments in
the early 1950s but
		Millvale (closed 1952) and Plummer (closed 1954) are not on
the list. 
		This compilation has 1775-1792 at Keating with 1793-1799 at
Ingram. 
		With the closure of Ingram, Keating then had 25 of the 17s
and
		*probably* all the equipment here was GE equipped.
			Again, for the early 1950s, Manchester is listed as
having only 25-10s,
		8-14s, and 10-16s.  Even with 20-Rebecca gone, that still
leaves 4 good
		lines to dispatch and one would think that some 17s might go
to the
		13-line at least - neighborhood values (like the best cars
were to go
		out on Mt.Lebanon!!)  <VBG>

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