PRC wing emblem

[brathke at juno.com]

The 5/10/53 photo is a near-broadside shot.  The 1283 appears to have a
clean exterior, so it may have been recently repained.  For sure, the
winged emblem is clear and bright.

This photo was taken by Bill Gwinn, who fortunately, wrote detailed
information on the backs of all his photos.  He even wrote the TIMESOF
DAY when the pictures were taken.  (For those interested, the 1283 was
photographed at Ingram C.B. at 2:58 PM on 5/10/53).

Bill was very generous in sharing his photos and recollections, and in
the 1961-65 period he gave me many photos.  He would be a great asset on
this e-mail list today.

Bob 3/25

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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:44:03 -0800 Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
writes:
>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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>        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 
>1953
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