Trolleycar Shortages & Painting & New Wheels --- Gleanings From *Trolley Fare*

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Gleanings  From  *Trolley  Fare*
		April--1965

	Rather than quote a rather lengthy article about shortages of
equipment, I shall try to summarize events.
	When PAT took over in 1964, PRMA members wondered how PAT would
maintain service with 286-cars when PRCo used 321 for the same identical
service.
	The only trolley line conversions were just a part of 55, 22 and 58 but
this does extremely little for increasing availability of equipment.
	One PRMA member stood out waiting for one of two 65/55 cars to show for
photographs.  When it didn't show, he waited for the second one only to
find it was a No-Show as well - NO cars on this line in the PM rush.
	Then there is the constant shifting of cars between Tunnel and Craft -
seems the latter needs more cars for the PM rush while Tunnel needs them
for the AM rush!  Cars 1508 and 1518 have been regular *shuttle* cars
for assignments at both Tunnel and Craft.

	"V-fronts are still dissappearing, 1735 being the latest to go.  New
Wheels still the order of the day, 1458, 1414, 1439, 1550, and 1559
being recently done."

James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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