[PRCo] Re: Rankin C.B.

[Harold Geissenheimer]

To all    Rankin not only WAS but it still IS.  Also Braddock business 
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Harold

Fred Schneider wrote:

>So was the entire town of Rankin.
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>>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.
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>>Bob 2/22/04
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>>----- 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
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>>>I have several color slides of cars being scrapped on the plot at
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>>Warrington Avenue circa 1966.  You may see
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>>>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
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>>1200s) were being scrapped
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>>>there.    Beginning with the 1937 collapse of part of Rankin Bridge, the
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>>car house was isolated and
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>>>schedules and crews working from it were reassigned to other divisions.
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>>(Notice how nicely I got out of
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>>>trying to figure out which divisions?)  Rankin was never again served
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>>operating cars; when access was
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>>>restored it was used to store cars excess to normal demands of the
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>>company.
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>>>Rankin was an old facility and was entirely under roof.  Therefore my
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>>suspicion is that cars were either cut
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>>>in two inside and hauled away, or were hauled off as complete bodies.
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>>Therefore, Boris, you may never find
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>>>what you desire.
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>>>Rankin was a rather intriguing place because all the oldest cars were
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>>hidden down there as protection
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>>>against future traffic peaks.  For the most part, each route closure meant
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>>that cars hidden in the dark
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>>>interior at Rankin would be scrapped and slightly newer cars would be
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>>taken there to wait for their ultimate
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>>>demise.  It was the sort of a place where elephants go to die.  Charlie
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>>Dengler took a few pictures inside
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>>>it ... a medley of relics any of us would love to have at Arden today ...
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>>a single truck passenger car that
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>>>had been converted to a sand car, the last low-floor single end Jones
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>>cars, a floor full of 5100 series
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>>>low-speed, multiple-unit cars no longer needed because World War II had
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>>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
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>>scrapyard or other photos of PCC wrecks?
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>>>>I would accept mid resolution scans.
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>>>>Boris
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