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

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

>> tsquare wrote:

>> Thanks, Jim.

>> I am not conversant with the Washington Line and do not
>> specifically recall any crossing flashers - would there
>> have been some near Morganza or Main St (County Home)?

>> I remember several fantrips where it was necessary to do
>> some shoveling to clear dirt from little used trackage.

	One of these fantrips was very near the end and after Washington local
service was discontinued.   Rather than use the interurban wye, the cars
looped downtown Washington to return to Pgh.   A fan trip entering the
wye had to clear out the trackage.

>> tsquare wrote:

>> 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

> Jim Holland wrote:::::::

> Hi Tom!!        Sorry to take so long to respond.   The articles only made
> brief mentions about the power.   The Thompsonville Sub had to be
> activated for that trip and if everything ran off that sub then it might
> work unless disconnected or vandalized.   Power was getting weak toward
> County Home  --  one of the reasons that 4393 went down later.   Were
> there many crossing flashers?

>         I noticed that the tracks looked clear in the photos so PRCo may have
> had teams clear the tracks in advance  --  both PRCo and WP seemed to
> operate quite efficiently in this regard.

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
    "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company Trolleycars  &
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    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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