[PRCo] Re: West Penn 706 Question

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Use of a second man on these trips may have been necessary if the car went
over any railroad crossings.  PUC General Order 5 specified either a
conductor or a deadman; that's what the one-man issue was all about in the
'20s and early '30s.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Derrick J Brashear
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:44 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn 706 Question


On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Fred Schneider wrote:

> noteworthy things is that cars 700-706 had a narrower center door, which
might
> have accommodated more seats.  One more point, Ed Lybarger's research has
> disclosed that some of the two-man 700s were used during World War II to
haul
> military inductees from Fayette County up to the Pennsy station in
Greensburg,
> implying that they were really having a car shortage.

Coming back to this: presumably inductees are prepaid, so it's secretly a
one-man car anyway for this trip. Or, not so secretly. So, given that you
don't want to use these cars generally, why not knock off a few more miles
on them for a trip where you know you won't need a conductor?

-D