[PRCo] Re: PATrain service

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Sun Jan 12 03:13:53 EST 2003


On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> A: last day under B&O Control
> 
> B:  First day of PAT.  We used one train of RDC's and one train of ex C&O
> coaches with two diesels.  Coaches painted mod colors.

February 1, 1975 per
www.amcap.org/history/alleghenycnty/pat/pat_part3.html

> C:  C&O coaches rebuilt with power unit for push pull.
> 
> D:  First day of rebuilt eqipment.
> 
> E:   Last day of RDC's
> 
> F:   Last pay of PATrain.

4/28/89. I seem to have this in one of my own documents on the web that I
forgot.

> G:  Equipment sold to CONNDOT for Shoreline.
> 
> H:  Equipment removed by CONNDOT

Don't know these, but apparently the first trip there, per
www.cwrr.com/Lounge/Feature/ccr/ccr.html
was 4/23/90

> When was last P&LE commuter train?

I have a book upstairs with a date in it, but I can't go look now.
I think (mumble) 1981




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