1711

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Much of this was in  *Trolley Fare*  --  the bi-monthly publication of
PTM.
	PTM  DID  want 1713 for  *at--least*  two reasons:  1)--1713 was 
*supposedly*  in better condition and 2)--1713 was in the Charleroi barn
as WP-832 was moved there or moved to Ingram for storage before the run
to County Home on 07--Feb--1954!
	Believe it was ({[pat]}) who prevented PTM from getting 1713!

Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> Now I've been told 1711 was not the best 1700 interurban for PTM to preserve, but it
> was the last scheduled car on the Washington line. There was a historic tie to the
> line it travels today. So that factored into its being rescued by PTM. Perhaps when
> that car eventually receives the same attention as 1138  is receiving now, there will
> be some members mumbling under their breath about the decision to save 1711 instead
> of say, 1713 which went elsewhere.

James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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