[PRCo] Re: Johnstown 406

[John Swindler]

>Fred Schneider replied:
>
>There may be some pictures in the PTM library ... I have a xerox that EHL 
>gave me about twenty years ago ... shows the inside of a car that had been 
>"t-boned" about the middle of the left side.  I heard that expression for 
>the first time about three weeks ago, and then again a week later.  
>Apparently means hit broadside and wrapped around the thing that hit it.  
>That is clearly what happened to 406 ... looks like about a 25 degree bend
>in the middle of the car.  It was clearly not repairable, although they may 
>have salvaged some parts before the carcass was hauled away.
>


Didn't the salvaged parts end up under STIB 7501 which remained in service 
into the 1970s and possibly even 1980s?

And are any of the other ex Johnstown salvaged PCC parts still running 
around the streets of Brussels under STIB 7156-7171?

John S.



>Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> > It was more than 50 years ago, in 1953, when Johnstown car 406 was 
>scrapped after an accident with a steam locomotive.
> > Does anybody know any details of that wreck? How did it occure? What was 
>the extent of damage and and how far from its track did the car end? Does 
>exist any photo showing the area of accident or the deformed car body?
> > Boris
>
>
>

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