South Hills Junction Updated

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Carl Zager wrote:

> So, 16xy is either 1630 or 1620. John has historical info on the 1630. Is
> it possible it is 1620?

	NO!!  It is 1630 - the only PRCo air car to be delivered from
St.-Louis-Car with fans and a roof monitor.  After the closing of
Highland, 1630 lived out its days in South Hills as 1620--1629 were
already there!  Definitely not 1620.
	John Bromley mentioned that the fans were removed along with the roof
monitor and a trolley cowl from an 11- or 10- was put at the trolley
pole base.  The car was overhauled electrically and mechanically, it was
repainted to the hour glass front of the 17s, and it received its first
PRCo logo in 1961 as a result.
	Apparently because 1630 looked differently from the other 16s (trolley
cowl), the car was rejected by ({[pat]}) even though it was a stellar
performer!

	*I* am the one who received permission from Scholes to post this photo
on abpr which was then picked up by Dave's.  The number is most
definitely 1630!

> :: Carl
> 
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, John F Bromley wrote:
> 
> > I was justt browsing your wewbsite, following the offered link, and have the
> > flollowing to note on a coiuyple of your photos in the roster links.
> >
> > On the 1600 link the second photo is not 1600 but 1630, apparenmtly in front
> > of Highland Park CH (you asked for more data).  The roof monitor was
> > removed, I think about 1960-61 but I'm prepared to be corrected, when it
> > received a small cowling from a 1000 or 1100 series to run out its days
> > looking like one of those series cars.
> >
> > On the 4200 series photo link, you have a question mark on 4388.  The last
> > number appears to me to be a 9, probbly 4389 or 4399.  I don't know the
> > scrapping dates for those cars, but if they lasted until that photo was
> > taken it's one of them.
> >
> > John F Bromley
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dietrich, Robert J." <bob.dietrich at unisys.com>
> > To: <trolley at railspot.com>; <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:06 PM
> > Subject: South Hills Junction Updated
> >
> >
> > > To all of you who expressed interest I've finally updated the module
> > > progress with words and a picture.  Go straight to the update by clicking
> > > this -- http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/module.htm#Nov27
> > >
> > > I'm embarrassed because I kept putting off updating the web thinking it
> > > would take a long time.  When I sat down to do it I found there was little
> > > to say about the progress.  I did, though, finalize the track plan - only
> > > because the track laying has been completed, nothing changes now.
> > >
> > > I also made some changes to the picture pages, like correct the spelling
> > of
> > > names in the credits.
> > >
> > > If you haven't been to the site before here is the home page --
> > > http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/default.htm.
> > >
> > > Thanks and enjoy.
> > >
> > > Bob Dietrich
> >
> 
>  Carl Zager                                             KB9RVB
>  czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager

James B. Holland

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