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

[Boris Cefer]

What was the story in which 1705 lost its front end?
And what else did you retrieve from Jtwn?

Boris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 2:41 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Used parts from Johnstown???


> 1705.
>
> I was on the crew that retrieved the crate from Johnstown, along with a
> bunch of other parts.  JTC charged us 6¢ a pound in those days!
>
> Ed
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Harold G.
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:53 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Used parts from Johnstown???
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> reply to Boris and dementia,irg
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> There must have been some interesting transactions.
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> 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???
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> >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
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