Workcar questions

[Charles Brown]

Greetings and a Happy 4th of July to everyone!

One of the list members was generous enough to send me a roster of PR
workcars.  I won't mention who as I don't want to embarrass Jim Holland.
In going through it, I came up with some questions that I hope you guys
might be able to help me out with.

1)  M211(2nd) and M212 Tower Cars:  Were these cars identical to each
other?  M211 was converted from 3537 in 1926 at Manchester Shops while
M212 was converted from 3546 in 1930 at Tunnel Carhouse.  Was a
blueprint used in converting these cars to tower cars or was it somewhat
free-lanced?  And does a photo or drawing exist of M211?

2)  Horsecar M275 was "donated to Mrs. John Phillips for Brashear
Memorial Assn. 10-19-23."  Is this car still around and, if so, where?

3)  #109 Exhibit "restored to original number & condition, stored at
Homewood as exhibit or early car."  Is this car still around?

4)  There are 10 un-numbered 12 foot long cars, all built by St. Louis
in 1898, that are listed as "Gwd. Dinkey."  What the heck is a "Gwd.
Dinkey" and what were they used for?

5)  Snow Scraper M459 is listed as being sold to the Magee
Transportation Museum.  Was it sold for parts?  I seem to recall that
they were restoring a number of bodies there.

6)  The M300's were mostly "flat" cars.  Were these motorized flats or
just your regular run-of-the-mill flat cars that were towed?

7)  Aside from the workcars at PTM and the M30 at NORM, are there any
other PR workcars still around?  Oh, and did M57 go back to SEPTA?

8)  Any other remarkable features about any of the PR workcar fleet???

Any info that you can provide will make Bob S and me very very happy!

Thanks!  And have fun barbecuing the fireworks and shooting off the hot
dogs (okay, I know I said that last year, but remember that this is the
summer rerun season).

Charlie

Charlesebrown at webtv.net