[PRCo] Re: [TROLLEY_western_pa] Pittsburgh---PA---Trolleycar---Body---Repair

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

Jim Holland wrote:

> From: Dennismk1 at aol.com
>     To: Dennismk1 at aol.com

> Re: "SMOKY CITY" AND PHILLY NEWS AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1953

>         The large number of shuttle routes converted to buses since Pittsburgh
> Railways emerged from bankruptcy plus declining patronage have permitted
> all base service, except on 2 lines requiring double-end cars (and which
> were soon to be bustituted), to be operated by PCC cars.  But 20% of the
> rush-hour service was operated by single-ended, high-speed conventional
> cars (the 3800's)-->>-->>[incorrect  --  please see notes above.]

	The 3800s were  3800--3814  and are 52-foot cars built by St.-Louis Car
Company for interurban service Only!!   They were entirely too long for
use on any other line!

	Conventional  speeded--up  low-floor  cars of the  4800--5500--series 
were used as rush hour trippers.

	Also, when PRCo placed the PCCs into service as they arrived, starting
in 1936, they spread them out on as many lines as possible to give
maximum exposure by using them for base and evening service.  And when
PCCs were mixed with older cars, the older cars were always the
speeded-up cars to allow all equipment to operate at maximum efficiency
and to keep the older cars from slowing the PCCs!

	That makes the 2nd error I made  --  going for a 3rd??(:->)

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
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        Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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