[PRCo] Re: Johnstown 406

[Boris Cefer]

Good reply, Fred. You are getting A+. Okay, A++.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:33 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Johnstown 406


> Vasted time.  You vill see on car vhen you get here.  They were mounted on
the
> destination sign box door.
>
> Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> > Isn't speaking about PTM photos vasted time? I have to visit EHL's
storage
> > persönlich!
> > It's off topic, but I have full cupboard of Tatra builder's plates from
our
> > T1s and T2s, but these are not bronze but steel casts of several
different
> > types. Early Tatra PCCs had a lot of plates on each car - cast plate
with
> > year and builder's number aside 1st door step, two identical rectangle
> > aluminum sheet plates reading only complete name of Tatra with all the
> > important national corporations etc. etc. at each side of center door
and
> > one brass sheet plate with full name of CKD Stalingrad (no, the plant
wasn't
> > in Russia; later CKD Trakce), the electric equipment manufacturer,
placed
> > opposite center door above window.
> > How did the St. Louis Car Co plate look? And where it was placed on the
> > cars?
> >
> > Boris
> >
> > > STIB paid Johnstown Traction to cut the cars apart, one by one, crate
the
> > parts,
> > > and send them to Brugge.  At that time there were 16 cars.  They may
have
> > also
> > > paid for the remaining spare parts inventory ... have no idea.  I
stopped
> > at
> > > Moxham in the summr of 1962 and the cars were still there, two years
after
> > > closure of the rail system.  Have no idea when the canibalization
began.
> > I got
> > > a bronze St. Louis Car builders plate at that time but lost it in the
> > interim
> > > ... it was in dad's house and we never found it up to the time that
the
> > house
> > > was sold.  The new owners have never said they found it.
> > >
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