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

[Edward H. Lybarger]

There was a flasher at Snodgrass, where the line crossed West McMurray Road.
I rode past it on the school bus every morning (at least for a few years!).
I don't know about others, offhand.

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
tsquare
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 7:34 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington



Thanks, Jim.

I am not conversant with the Washington Line and do not
soecifically 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.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
Holland
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 4:49 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington



Good Morning!!

> 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

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

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