[PRCo] Re: Scrapped PCCs

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Boris and Fred
Part of the Rankin saga was the building of the replacement Rankin Bridge.

PRC retained rail service and built track on the Rankin side on sidewalks
while the bridge was under construction.  PRC did a good job of working
with the county to keep the trolleys running.

Boris...are you familiar with the old Rankin Bridge which included a
traffic circle (rotary) on structure?  

Harold Geissenheimer

Fred Schneider wrote:

>I have several color slides of cars being scrapped on the plot at Warrington Avenue circa 1966.  You may see
>them when you  come here.  I have no scanner.
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>I never bothered to investigate Rankin car house when the 76 cars (mostly 1200s) were being scrapped
>there.    Beginning with the 1937 collapse of part of Rankin Bridge, the car house was isolated and
>schedules and crews working from it were reassigned to other divisions.  (Notice how nicely I got out of
>trying to figure out which divisions?)  Rankin was never again served operating cars; when access was
>restored it was used to store cars excess to normal demands of the company.
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>Rankin was an old facility and was entirely under roof.  Therefore my suspicion is that cars were either cut
>in two inside and hauled away, or were hauled off as complete bodies.  Therefore, Boris, you may never find
>what you desire.
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>Rankin was a rather intriguing place because all the oldest cars were hidden down there as protection
>against future traffic peaks.  For the most part, each route closure meant that cars hidden in the dark
>interior at Rankin would be scrapped and slightly newer cars would be taken there to wait for their ultimate
>demise.  It was the sort of a place where elephants go to die.  Charlie Dengler took a few pictures inside
>it ... a medley of relics any of us would love to have at Arden today ... a single truck passenger car that
>had been converted to a sand car, the last low-floor single end Jones cars, a floor full of 5100 series
>low-speed, multiple-unit cars no longer needed because World War II had ended.
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>Boris Cefer wrote:
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>>Hello, folks!
>>Does anybody have photos of Pgh PCC bits and pieces at Braddock scrapyard or other photos of PCC wrecks?
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>>I would accept mid resolution scans.
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