[PRCo] Re: PRC PCC scuffs

[Edward H. Lybarger]

PRCo assigned PCC cars to divisions by electrical equipment, not rust.
After Ingram closed as an operating barn, most of the older cars were moved
there for dead storage.  That's where 1138 came from.

Unofficial company spokesmen are responsible for a lot of fan
misconceptions, it seems. This isn't the only instance I've heard of.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of ROGER
Jenkins
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:04 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC PCC scuffs



When I was there in 1957, I rode cars that had what I call cake-rust on
the window sills [layers of rust ] where if you tried ,a layer would
come off . This was on some of the lines that was doomed by the Point
Bridge replacement. I was told by a motorman that the worst cars on the
system were being transferred over to that division , so when
abandonment came , they stayed there , never to run again . Electrically
and mechanically , they ran fine , but the bodys were really bad looking
inside and out. Sad to see for me !!  I made a point to ride that
division so I could see it all , some trips done at night . I had a
limited budget so took 8mm slides with the kooky movie camera I had . My
slide camera was a piece of crap that didn't take good pix at all , so
only took limited number . Going to Pittsburgh from Boston , my home at
the time , was expensive on a servicemans budget [was in the Coast Guard
]   A return trip a year later proved to be the undoing of my 54  chevy
as on the way back the lights got dimmer and dimmer and I wisely pulled
off the Penn Pike in LANGHORN PA. and parked by a garage  and slept in
the car . The next day , found the car dead and in need of a generator.
I had to wire home for that cost !  I never forgot the name of the town.
The money spent on extra reels of 8mm film was worth it . [I think ]  I
would have made it home ok if that stupid generator had not conked out
!!