PRC wing emblem

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Might be the earliest.  I have a photo of 1614 heading south and just
north of the Richfol trestle and it clearly has the Winged logo behind
the center doors.  More than likely, this is a photo of a fan trip and
could have been one of the following:
	1)--1952.07.27 1614 PRCo Joint Trip with Akron, OH, RR Club. 
Washington Shannon Charleroi, Roscoe, Washington; regular service car
4387 Black Diamond to Donora.  Also included 1646, 3769, and 3761.
	2)--1953.08.23 1614 PRCo Last PRMA fantrip Pittsburgh to Washington.

	I suspect it was #2.  It seems that the bulk of these winged logos did
not appear until the mid-1950s and even later - just a few showed up at
first.  Doesn't seem to have been the push to wing-the-cars like there
might have been 20-30-years earlier!

brathke at juno.com wrote:
> 
> Several weeks ago, there was a discussion about the date when the PRC
> wing emblem began appearing on Pittsburgh PCCs.  I just came across a
> photo of PCC 1283 taken at the Ingram Car Barn on 5/10/53.  The photo
> contains a caption reading, "New PRCo emblem on the side of the car."  Is
> this the earliest documented appearance of the emblem?
> 
> Bob 3/24

James B. Holland
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