[PRCo] Black hole

[Bob Rathke]

The Rankin C.B. photos are exactly how I remember the place in 1965-66 -
dark, dust covered and crammed full of equipment.  The front of the building
was open - no door, but a chain link fence allowed looking inside.  However,
it was the original black hole.

Bob 2/23/04
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rankin C.B. - maybe photos?


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> So was 1268 stored at Rankin??
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp007.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp008.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp009.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp010.htm
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> and didn't Rankin have a trasverser?
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp006.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/rhp012.htm
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> By the way, PERC had no standards - they'd  let anyone on those fantrips:
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/wpenn/htm/wpenn093.htm
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> John
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> >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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