PRC oddities (fwd)

[brathke at juno.com]

Bob,

I've had this photo in my collection for about 40 years.  The only
information on it is, "PRC Route 54", but anyone could have written that
just by looking at the photo.  Since we don't know who the photographer
was, and there's no copyright notice, I guess you could say, "Collection
of Bob Rathke."  You have my OK to use it.

I'd be interested in knowing if anyone can identify the location.

I have other old PRC photos from that same era - I'll have to scan and
send some of them to Derrick for uploading.

Bob 9/5

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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:02:23 -0400 "Dietrich, Robert J."
<bob.dietrich at unisys.com> writes:
> Bob:
> 
> The route 54 photo appears to be in the 1-680 series.  Can I use it 
> on my
> SHJ web?  Who gets credit?
> 
> Thanks.
> Bob
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Derrick J Brashear [mailto:shadow at dementia.org] 
> Sent:	Monday, September 04, 2000 4:39 AM
> To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject:	PRC oddities (fwd)
> 
> Bob asked me to post these, and to forward along his descriptions.
> The shots are at:
> http://trolley.dementia.org/prcoddities/
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 19:04:37 -0500
> From: brathke at juno.com
> To: shadow at dementia.org
> Subject: PRC oddities
> 
> Derrick,
> 
> I came across four photos in my collection that are odd if not 
> humorous. 
> I've had these photos for nearly 40 years.  Except for the PCC 1234
> photo, the photographers and dates are unknown:
> 
> PRC3020 -  This car is on the Verona line.  One doesn't usually 
> think of
> Pittsburgh as an open or convertible car city.
> 
> PRCroute54 - This single-truck car has no visible number, but the
> destination signs read "Forbes St., Church Ave. - Carrick".  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.
> 
> PRC1234 - 42-Dormont car at SHJ on 9/11/49.  The print says the 
> photo was
> taken at 5:49 PM, and that level of detail means it was taken by 
> Bill
> Gwinn.  Nothing really odd here - it's just that when spoken, 
> "1-2-3-4"
> has a nice ring.
> 
> 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.
> 

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