[PRCo] [Fwd: Re: 1948 1.>--Allegheny__County__Fair__Service 2.>--Radio__Telephones 3.>--Track__Renewal 4.>--New__Bridge]

[Jim Holland]

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Subject: Re: 1948 1.>--Allegheny__County__Fair__Service
2.>--Radio__Telephones 3.>--Track__Renewal 4.>--New__Bridge
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:33:12 -0800
From: Jim Holland <PghPCC at pacbell.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
References: <3FA63062.96B47C17 at pacbell.net>
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Good Morning!


> Fred Schneider wrote:

> Linsky claims radio telephones were being installed. 
> Were these only used on the Washington line?  Was the
> installation limited to Washington and Tunnel based cars?
> Is my memory correct that Charleroi continued to use
> wayside phones?


	At this time  --  1948  --  FM__Trolleyphones were being
installed in the 1600-series Interurbans.    ALL  the
1700--Interurbans had the phones as well so they could be used on
Washington and // or Charleroi.    Doubt the 38s and 37s received
phones and Only the PCC Interurbans had them until the advent of 
({[pat]})  --  phones removed from the interurbans when truncated
at Library -- Drake.

**From ERA HEADLIGHTS, December, 1948, page B-8, left side.**


>> Jim Holland wrote:

>> Good Morning!

>>         The following information comes from
>> Dennis Linsky and is something that Tom Phillips has
>> described for us in some detail in the past:::::::

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>>        Radio telephones were being installed on
>> interurban cars to replace the wayside call boxes.   
>> At present, 7 to 10 minutes per run were spent in
>> getting orders from the boxes.    Signals were being
>> replaced with new ones on the outer part of the
>> Charleroi line.....

>>        Very Sincerely,

>>        Dennis M. Linsky
>>        1350 East 5th Street, Apt. 3P
>>        Brooklyn, NY   11230-4686
>>        11/2/03

>>        From ERA HEADLIGHTS, December, 1948,
>> page B-8, left side.


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