JTC Tidbits --- Gleanings From *Trolley Fare*

[John Swindler]

JTC 362 eventually went to Railways to Yesterday.  May have since migrated 
to East Troy.


>From: Jim Holland <PGHPCC at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -- <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: JTC  Tidbits   ---   Gleanings  From  *Trolley  Fare*
>Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 19:57:05 -0700
>
>Greetings!
>
>	Gleanings  From  *Trolley  Fare*
>		July--1965
>
>	"There is still one car left slumbering in Coopersdale Barn.
>Single-ender 362 rests behind a barbed wire fence, and from what could
>be detected in the fading light, is still pretty much intact, at least
>from a mechanical point of view.  The car is under cover, and while
>rusted somewhat here and there, not quite complete, and quite dirty, it
>is obviously not yet to the unrestorable stage.  The rear of the car
>faces out, and it was too dark inside to detect the presence or absence
>of control equipment."
>	"Rail in the street is nearly completely removed, as evidenced by the
>Kovalchic Salvage Co. trailer truck loaded with short sections of girder
>rail seen near Coopersdale.  Only short stretches of exposed rail on the
>Moxham line could be found, although we did not investigate the Franklin
>line or the outer end of Morellville.  All rail has been removed from
>Moxham yard, and the 'flying platform' was not detected anywhere."
>
>James B. Holland
>
>         Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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>
>

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