WP -- 204 -- 212

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Mon Feb 19 12:51:53 EST 2001


On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!

Hey,

Good to know someone still cares about the trolleys.
(Yeah, yeah, that was a low blow, but I'm not much of an aircraft kinda
guy)

> WP    --    204    --    212
> 
> 	"West Penn had two old cars (with wooden sides and railroad type roofs)
> the 204 and 212.   Ordered to scrap 204, a slip was made resulting in
> 212 being scrapped instead.   Undaunted, West Penn just renumbered the
> 204 making it 212, so now 212 is gone--or is it?

Is this really what happened? As meticulous as the West Penn was I find it
hard to believe that they'd actually scrap the wrong car!

-D





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