[PRCo] Plummer carhouse

[Bob Rathke]

My father worked at Heppenstall Steel Co. in Lawrenceville, and every summer
they had their company picnic at West View Park.  Living on Spring Hill, we
always drove to the park, but Heppenstall chartered PRC trolleys in the
1940's, and possibly into the early 50's.  I remember the chartered trolleys
leaving from the Plummer carhouse which was just a few blocks from the
Heppenstall plant on 46th St.

At that time my father's brother worked at H.K. Porter Co. which was also
near Heppenstall and Plummer.  Porter built industrial steam locomotives.  I
have a Porter locomotive catalog from 1943.  My father got it from the
Heppenstall library when the company closed - the catalog is signed by
company president R.B. Heppenstall.

Bob 9/19/03

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <twg at pulsenet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ron Beal's Vol. 1


> The PTM Library has PRCo's track sketch books which would chronicle the
> evolution of the track arrangement here.  But it could take a couple hours
> to research, which unfortunately I don't have available right at the
moment.
> Aren't you in Pittsburgh, Matt?  Perhaps this is something you could dig
out