[PRCo] Re: GE 1700 on 39-Brookline in 1966?

Jim Holland PghPCC at pacbell.net
Wed Oct 15 16:11:27 EDT 2003


Good Morning!



> Ken & Tracie wrote:

> So when were the GE 1600s and 1700s actually retired?
> Did any wind up on the East End lines prior to those
> lines being closed?


	My notes indicate that the bulk of the GE-16s were scrapped from
August- thru October-1966, a few in 1977.    The GE-17s are just
listed as 1969, about 20-years after beginning service.



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