[PRCo] PRC 1138

[Bob Rathke]

Around 1961, Denny Foley, who was one of the young workers at Arden at that
time (he helped put the roof on the original carbarn) told me the 1138
story.  Back then, people were asking why a 1000 series car wasn't selected.
Denny said that the 1138 was in really good condition, and he mentioned
other reasons why it was selected....but I too have forgotten them.

Last year Denny sent me an e-mail when he saw one of my photos on a website.
He's been living in California and is retired now.

Bob 1/15/03

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----- Original Message -----
From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:46 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn Car 832


>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hope this starts a dialog, and it is on topic.  By the way, roughly how
old
> > is Dick Bowker now?  Wasn't Dick the main benefactor of 1138, and why
did he
> > pick that PCC for the museum?  I used to know but have totally
forgotten.
>
> he was retired when i was in high school, but i don't know if he retired
> early. i'm like 12 years out of high school now. i know i've heard the
> story about 1138 also, but i have no idea anymore what it was
>
>