[PRCo] Re: Some Questions

[Bob Rathke]

I can answer #3.  I lived just off of Logan Road and Bethel Church Road, a
short walk from the 36-Drake line.  There was serious flooding in the Logan
Road area in 1972, and again around 1977.  Roads were closed and basements
flooded, but I don't recall that these floods affected operations on the
Drake line.

Bob 4/22/04

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From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:58 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Some Questions


> 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")
> ?
>
> 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?
>
> 5.) Yes, I know that this is an Eastern Pennsylvania question, but what
are
> the major (if any) mechanical differences between the SEPTA Red Arrow
> Division and subway-surface Kawasaki rail cars? (Besides trolley poles,
> pantographs and single versus double ended) As in controls, motors,
gearing,
> etc.
>
> 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.... :-)
>
>
>