[PRCo] Re: Some Questions

[Fred Schneider]

KEN:  READ THE ONE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY TO YOU ... EASIER TO FOLLOW BECAUSE IT IS
IN 14 PT. RED TYPE WHICH DERRICK'S SYSTEM WILL CHANGE TO NORMAL TYPE.
ktjosephson at earthlink.net wrote:

> I've been scanning negatives and am wondering about some very trivial
> topics....
>
> 1.) Was there a period of time when PRCo was repainting PCCs concurrently in
> all four paint schemes (white front, red front, "vee" front, "half & half")
> ?

I think so ... you'll need to go back to the issues of Trolley Fare around
1965=1967 to confirm.  I threw all mine out years ago.

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> 2.) Other than the partial repaint of 1760 after a mid '60s collision and
> prior to 1799(II), did PAT ever repaint a car in red and cream?
>
> 3.) What are the names of the creeks that parallel the Library and Drake
> lines? Have they ever presented a flooding problem for the rail service?
>
> 4.) Did PRCo ever apply the red and cream PCC colors to any of their motor
> coaches?

I've never seen one.  I think the orange and cream originated with Pittsburgh
Motor Coach Co.. before it became part of PRC.  I know all the GMs and Macks
through 1959 were painted orange and it would seem strange that a company in
such dire poverty would have repainted any of them (except for accident damage)
in the short remaining interval before the PAT takeover.  I never saw any on
visits in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 or
1964.  I was most tuned into that sort of thing in 1954-55 when I took a lot of
bus pictures and never noticed any.

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QUESTION 5 WAS REMOVED AND ANSWERED IN A SECOND E-MAIL.  I DIDN'T WANT TO
DISCLOSE RUSS JACKSON'S E-MAIL ADDRESS TO EVERYONE.

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> 6.) Is the outer end of the Library line stated for catenary installation?
>
> K.
>
> P.S.- I'm way behind in personal e-mail, so those of you who have e-mailed
> me recently, please don't think I'm ignoring you.... :-)