[PRCo] Re: Some Questions

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings
The Pgh Motor Coach buses I recall
were painted orange.  Harold Geissenheimer

Bob Rathke wrote:

>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.
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>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
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>>I've been scanning negatives and am wondering about some very trivial
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>>1.) Was there a period of time when PRCo was repainting PCCs concurrently
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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?
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>>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?
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>>4.) Did PRCo ever apply the red and cream PCC colors to any of their motor
>>coaches?
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>>5.) Yes, I know that this is an Eastern Pennsylvania question, but what
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>>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,
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>gearing,
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>>6.) Is the outer end of the Library line stated for catenary installation?
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>>K.
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>>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.... :-)
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