[PRCo] Re: Rankin C.B. - maybe photos?

[John Swindler]

So was 1268 stored at Rankin??

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp007.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp008.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp009.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp010.htm


and didn't Rankin have a trasverser?

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp006.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp012.htm


By the way, PERC had no standards - they'd  let anyone on those fantrips:

http://www.davesrailpix.com/wpenn/htm/wpenn093.htm


John





>From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rankin C.B.
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:31:34 -0500
>
>So was the entire town of Rankin.
>
>Bob Rathke wrote:
>
> > The front of Rankin Car Barn was open, but blocked by a chain link 
>fence.
> > In 1965-66 I tried to photograph stored PCC's in the barn, but there was
> > very little light inside.  The entire location was dismal at that time.
> >
> > Bob 2/22/04
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 4:53 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Scrapped PCCs
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Boris Cefer wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello, folks!
> > > > Does anybody have photos of Pgh PCC bits and pieces at Braddock
> > scrapyard or other photos of PCC wrecks?
> > > >
> > > > I would accept mid resolution scans.
> > > >
> > > > Boris
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

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