West Penn "Orange" OR: [Where's The Red?]

[John Swindler]

>From: Jim Holland <PGHPCC at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: West Penn "Orange"   OR:   [Where's  The  Red?]
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:36:28 -0700
>
>Greetings!
>
>John Swindler wrote:
>
>
> > CONNELLSVILLE COURIER, July 3, 1918
>
> > TRESTLE FOR WEST PENN
>
> > Temporary Wooden Structure to Span railroad Tracks
>
> > To provide for traffic over the West Penn railways line, the 
>administration will have erected a temporary wooden trestle crossing the 
>Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland lines.
>
>	Was this ever upgraded to a full steel structure as indicated, or did it 
>remain as a temporary wooden structure which added much character to the 
>WP?
>


Don't know.  Ed?  Was this between Sitka and Dunbar?


> > CONNELLSVILLE COURIER, July 6, 1918
>
> > WEST PENN WILL REDUCE CAR STOPS UNDER NEW RULING
>
> > Fuel Administration Orders Street Railways Companies to Curtail Some
> > Stations
>
>	Hey John; - how did this affect PRCo??
>

Need to ask someone who has read the Pittsburgh papers.  Ruling would have 
applied to PRC also.



> > CONNELLSVILLE COURIER, December 17, 1918
>
> > YELLOW CARS WITH A VIEW TO SAFETY
>
> > The new cars are the exact type of the others being used by the West 
>Penn with the exception that they are painted an orange color.  This color 
>is being used with a view to determining whether some of the car accidents 
>can be eliminated, it being thought that perhaps the color will make the 
>approaching trolley more conspicuous to the automobile driver or 
>pedestrian.
>
>	Well, what is the color - Yellow or Orange?  Headline says Yellow, body
>of article says *Orange Color.*
>

Yeh, how about that.  Your guess is as good as mine, but would lean towards 
orange.  What color were the cars at Iron Bridge car house?



>James B. Holland
>
>         Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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