[PRCo] Re: WP 832

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The cars were almost completely depreciated when the railways company
acquired them.  One story that George Tucker tells about 1952 is that the
decision to omit car 832 from the scrap list was not wholly unintentional.
He says it was the shop employees' contribution to trying to have one
preserved.

Was this so, or is it merely something George wants to believe?  I can't
tell you.  But it could have happened that way...West Penn people were like
that, and they had a good rapport with the "fellows from the club."

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:00 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: WP 832




The curved side cars were leased to West Penn Railways.  May have been owned
and leased by another corporation within the West Penn corporate structure.
(Where's Ed when you need him.  oh yes, enroute from Harrisburg to little
Washington.)  But as I understand it, would not appear on West Penn Railway
accounts as a depreciable asset.  It would appear as a leased property.

Ed has the details.

John



>From: Kenneth Josephson <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] WP 832
>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 03:15:15 -0700
>
>
>
>
>Jim Holland wrote:
>
> > > ROGER Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > > Come on Jim, if WP didnt own #832, who did. Was it bought by someone
> > > before abandonment.??
> >
> >         I said it was inadvertently left off the West Penn roster and
>for this
> > reason was not scrapped.
> >
> >         John then said it was never on the roster.
> >
> >         When Ed chimes in, he can probably tell us more.
> >
> >         Don't know what that all means.
> >
> >         But since it wasn't on the roster, it wasn't scrapped.  Because
>it was
> > spared, PERC stepped in and purchased the car.
>
>I'm going off topic again, but this reminds me of the story of Nevada
>Northern
>Railway's last steamer, Number 40. Railroad employess hid it in a far
>corner of
>the shop and management forgot about it. It was saved simply because
>someone
>"forgot" to send it to the scrappers. It is used today in tourist service.
>
>Ken J.
>
>

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