[PRCo] Re: Used parts from Johnstown???

[Boris Cefer]

Someone named "Bill" mentioned exactly the same. PTM handled it for some
spare parts not important for PAT.

B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 10:53 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Used parts from Johnstown???


> reply to Boris and dementia,irg
>
> There must have been some interesting transactions.
>
> In the 1970's PAT acquired a complete front end assembly still
> in crate from Arden who had acquired it from Johnstown.  We
> installed this on a damaged 1700.  That car was then
> repainted and back in service.  Does Arden know the car #?
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
> .
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boris Cefer <westinghouse at iol.cz>
> To: PRCo <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:12 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Used parts from Johnstown???
>
>
> >There was a speculation on another trolley list that PRCo had acquired
some
> used PCC parts from Johnstown. Truck parts and electrical gear could be
> useful for Pittsburgh, but they went to Belgium. Among the useful
artifacts
> could be some door parts, lights and possibly also some smaller body
parts.
> Some of the parts would be possibly useful also for 1600, but that was
gone
> when JTC abandoned its streetcar system.
> >Does exist any evidence of such business?
> >Boris
> >
> >
>
>