TR: Another South Hills Junction Update

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	It is a 1600.  When the money came in to overhaul the PCCs, it
specified 100-1700 series cars.  Sooooo, PRCo had already scrapped the
original 1775-1799 series because it felt as though the brake were
floored when the power pedal was released and interurban motormen most
definitely disliked that feature.  To make up for that they made an
experiment with 1616 and renumbered it to 1776 . . . and the story goes
on from there.
	There seems to be some disagreement about the original number for
1799.  It is now reported as 1613 but had been reported as 1640 or some
other sixteen.

Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:
> 
> Glad you  picked out this picture of 1799.  Why is it numbered 1799?  It
> looks like a 1600(?) series interurban.  And why is it heading to Knoxville?
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> I added 5 or 6 more pictures from Bob's collection and I will fix the three
> or four that did not load - as soon as I get the chance.
> 
> Bob
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net]
> Sent:   Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:29 PM
> To:     trolley at railspot.com
> Subject:        Re: TR: Another South Hills Junction Update
> 
> Greetings!
> 
>         THANKS  Bob and Bob!  A nice collectin of photos.
> 
>         In looking at 1799 from this angle,
> http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/img011.JPG , I had never noticed
> how boxy the new rear air vent looked!
>         Thanks for sizing the photos so that horizontal scrolling is
> eliminated.
>         I couldn't get http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/img012.JPG to
> load.
> 
> James B. Holland
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James B. Holland
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        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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