[PRCo] Re: Smithfield St. Bridge trolley canopy.

[Scott Becker]

Station Square:
When the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Fdn (PHLF) sold Station Square to Forest City Management of Cleveland, Forest City decided to redevelop the area where the trolleys and rail cars were displayed.  
In September 2000 we relocated our Pittsburgh Horse Car to secure storage in McKees Rocks (it has since been moved to a warehouse near the Museum) and PHLF donated the Lake Shore Interurban Car 150 and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Convertable Car 4550 as well as parts off Erie Lackawanna MU Car 3589.  Since these cars did not fit PTM's Collection Management Policy, we worked to find suitable homes for 150 and 4550.  Forest City was able to donate moving costs for 150 and 4550, including the use of a crane to pick 150 off its trucks (not original rapid transit trucks).

Both these cars were moved the beginning of October 2000.  150's body was sold to the Illinois Railway Museum.  150's trucks and parts of the Erie Lackawanna MU Car were traded to the Rochester Chapter, NRHS for a Euclid Front End Loader.  4550 was traded to the Middletown & Hummelstown RR for Cincinnati, Newport and Covington #325, a vintage 1911 broad gauge single truck semi-convertible that had later run in Phili as a work car.  This was quite an acquisition for PTM since it only has one single truck workcar (Pittsburgh Railways M-1) and 325 could be restored back to a passenger car.

Scott Becker
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Edward H. Lybarger 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Cc: Scott Becker 
  Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:11 PM
  Subject: RE: [PRCo] Re: Smithfield St. Bridge trolley canopy.


  Hi, Harold,

  I wasn't paying attention when that happened...but Scott Becker helped
  broker the deal.  I'm forwarding this to him and perhaps he will recall.

  Happy New Year!

  Ed

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
  [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
  Harold Geissenheimer
  Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:52 AM
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Smithfield St. Bridge trolley canopy.


  Hi Ed

  Where did the cars go>

  Interurban to Illinois Ry Museum?

  Brooklyn car to line outside of Harrisburg?

  Harold Geissenheimer

  Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

  >Station Square is a resounding economic success.  When it was sold recently
  >the new owners didn't feel the need for the railroad stuff, and it went
  >away.
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  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
  >[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
  >rogertrolley.1 at juno.com
  >Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:08 AM
  >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Smithfield St. Bridge trolley canopy.
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  >That whole Station Square thing failed didn't it ?? I know all the antique
  >RR cars and trolleys diappeared.    rogertrolley
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