Missing Blocks of Car Numbers

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/11/01 6:18:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:


> Who was still working there who had worked at Castle Shannon barn  -- 
> didn't it close in 1932.  *Might*  be possible, but doesn't sound
> realistic  --  think someone might have been giving you a long yarn!!
> 
> 

No, they were telling the truth. I ASSumed that they were speaking of CS CH. 
Until now I really never knew the closing date of CS CH. They were apparently 
speaking of the combined service out of SHJ.

Ray Kopeck was the one who told me the most about the interurban service. I 
know that he started with PRC in 1945. He told me the story (and this was 
confirmed by his wife) of how he got the job. They were walking down Seventh 
Street a few days after he got discharged from the US Army and wondering what 
career options he had to go for. There was now not much call for combat 
trained soldiers. He and his wife were passing 121 Seventh and he looked at a 
sign by the front door indicating operator positions open for PRC. He said a 
PRC employee (unknown who) was leaving the building and stopped beside him 
and said he should take advantage of the offer. He did and there he stayed 
for nearly forty years.

<<Was this in 1953 - when Charleroi and Washington were cut back to
Library and Drake?  These were still considered interurbans and the
equipment was most definitely segregated even into early  ({[pat]}) 
days.>>

No, this was when at least Ray started in 1945. I don't know if the two lists 
lasted past the 1953 cutbacks or not.

HrB
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