[PRCo] PRC PCC scuffs

[Bob Rathke]

We tend to think that PCC neglect happened mostly in the later years of PRC and in the early days of PAT.

See two photos from my collection that Derrick uploaded to the dementia page:

http://trolley.dementia.org/brathke/PRC1291-28.JPG  -  1291 on route 28, probably in 1946.

http://trolley.dementia.org/brathke/PRC1499-18-102846.JPG  -  1499 on route 18 entering downtown on October 28, 1946 (do the flags suggest a fantrip?).

Car 1291 was only six years old, and 1499 was only four years old at that time, and yet the fronts and sides of both cars show significant traffic damage.  Could their appearance be the result of reduced maintenance during WWII?  Regardless, the scuff pattern is very similar on both cars - I wonder if they encountered the same truck or pole...or maybe EACH OTHER if each were running on the left sides of two NC tracks :-}

Bob 3/29/02