[PRCo] Re: carhouses & connections

Fred W. Schneider III fschnei at supernet.com
Fri May 4 16:41:42 EDT 2001


They were sold by scrap by Pittsburgh Railways.  The building was sold
by PRC also.  It exists today.  Naturally, the cars do not.  What was
inside were mostly 1200s and perhaps some 1400s that had been retired by
PRC when routine inspections came due.  Court ruled that PAT did not
have to take all the PRC assets even though PAT took all assets of the
28 "independent" bus companies.  

mrb190 wrote:
> 
> Tell me.  Wasn't PRCo stuck with Rankin Carhouse, that is, PAT never took
> ("condemned") that over, correct?
> 
> So, if that is true, did PRCo leave the cars in there until Jnauary 1967 when the
> East End routes closed, or longer?  Or they have them hauled out?  (Or, are they
> still in there to this day?  --- {smartsh%* question.})
> 
> Matt
> 
> "Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
> 
> > Dennis:
> >
> > This list is as complete as I can think of.  But you should be aware
> > that there is a ton of material on carhouses in the PTM library.  And
> > teachers have summers off. (Unless they book them solid with other
> > persuits or curriculum development (like my wife did.)
> >
> > EHL should be able to help.  I can too if you catch the week in a month
> > that I'm hiding in the library.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > Jim Holland wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dennis F. Cramer wrote:
> > >
> > > >     Unfortunately, I do not have PCC From Coast to Coast in my library as of
> > > > yet.  (I know, slap my hands) so the question of carhouses goes unanswered.
> > > > To sweeten the pot:   How many carhouses were there?  What was their
> > > > location?  How many are left and what are their uses today?
> > >
> > > Here are the Car Houses of 1945 and the year they closed:::::::
> > >
> > >         Carrick - 1954
> > >         Craft Ave - 1967
> > >         Charleroi - 1953
> > >         Glenwood - 1961
> > >         Homewood - 1960 (still did heavy repair on PCCs after 1960.)
> > >         Herron Hill - 1951
> > >         Highland Park - 1954
> > >         Ingram - 1959
> > >         Keating - 1965
> > >         Millvale - 1952
> > >         Manchester - 1959
> > >         Plummer Street - 1954
> > >         Rankin - dead storage until 1967
> > >         South Hills - 198x
> > >         Tylerdale - 1953
> > >
> > > --
> > > James B. Holland
> > >
> > >         Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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