PRC oddities (fwd)

[Edward H. Lybarger]

This stuff's been out there for years, since Harry Bartley copied the
company's photos and sold prints and negatives.  Hard for anyone to claim
credit, so perhaps "Pittsburgh Railways Company" is appropriate.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Dietrich,
Robert J.
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 8:02 AM
To: 'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'
Subject: RE: PRC oddities (fwd)


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.