[PRCo] Re: PRC work cars

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> Bob Rathke wrote:

> M282 crane car, identified as being at the Millvale carbarn. 
> This car looks like a railroad crane, not at all like
> sister-number M283.    Was M282 based at Millvale?

> M701 rail and tie car.  Looks like it's in the
> lower yard at Tunnel Carhouse.

> M212 wire reel car and F8 snowplow side-by-side. 
> Caption says that F8 was a former Washington interurban car - true?

	Yes, this is correct.
	Apparently it was Washington_&_Canonsburg_202, then it became
PRCo__3552 and on 1918.01.25 it was converted to Freight Motor F8.   
It was converted to Snow_Plow in September-1943 and she was scrapped
on 1961.10.11 at Rankin.    Date of renumbering from 200s to 3551s is
not listed for these cars.

	They were built by St.Louis Car Company in 1903 and other information
given about this group indicates they were 52,000-pounds and 34-feet
long.    How-some-ever, dimensions in pre-PCC days often listed the
car body separate from the platform ends and I suspect this is the
case with these cars as they originally had 48-seats.    Another
roster lists their length as 46-Feet__8-inches and 8-Feet__9-inches
wide with 33-inch wheels.    They were wood, double-end cars.

	Don't know about the basing of work equipment at any one time except
near the end!

	The Original M282 was an Ash_&_Coal car on Brunots Island.    The
first M283 was apparently a crane car and was scrapped 1923.01.23.

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