[PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
Holland
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:42 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington

On 10/17/01, Jim Holland wrote:

Good Morning!!

      <snip>

<	The Thompsonville substation had been energized for this particular day
<and move and was about 11--miles from County Home with broken rail bonds
<etc.

I have always wondered what kind of operation (and operational problems) 
occurred on 2/7/54.  Was the signal system in use, were crossing flashers 
working, was flange area cleaning necessary, etc.?  Can anyone give a 
run-doen on the "hardships" of the trip -- or did PRCo precede the trek 
several hours earlier  (Excuse any typos -- I am recovering from cataract 
surgery.)

Tom