PRC oddities (fwd)

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

> Derrick,

> PRC3020 -  This car is on the Verona line.  One doesn't usually think of
> Pittsburgh as an open or convertible car city.

	Cars 2000--2002 were scrapped at West Park Car House at the end of
summer 1916 and were formerly owned by Washington and Canonsburg
#16--18.  They were built in 1903.
	Cars 3001--3060 were 11-bench open cars with 55-seats, a little over
24' long, and weighed about 25,000-pounds.  These were built about 1902
and all were scrapped by 1924.

> I tend to
> think of this route as modern era 77/54 using 8-wheel cars - I guess "54"
> was half the route and only needed half as many wheels.

	I see that the hummer is not only in the photos!!:>)

> Nothing really odd here - it's just that when spoken, "1-2-3-4"
> has a nice ring.

	Like  5-4-3-2  which was also at South Hills during the days of 1234 -
that is, until the low-floors were taken out of service.  5432 was then
shipped to Ingram and as John mentioned, when the *other* paint car was
lost in the Homewood fire(?) then 5432 was converted to serve that
purpose.

> PRC1800 - I saved the best 'til last.  The caption says this is "PRC
> experimental double-end PCC 1800 on route 10-West View."  Someone had fun
> retouching the photo, but examination shows that details were also added,
> and the rear is more than just a mirror image of the front.

	VERY  nicely done!
	The front trolley pole is down - actually, looks like someone might be
out of view on the other side in the process of lowering or raising the
trolley pole.

James B. Holland

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