[PRCo] Re: Fineview___PCCs

[Fred Schneider]

I chartered 1707 in July 1958 and ran it over Fineview.  No specific car was
picked until the night before ... 1707 had just been partly painted so I picked
it in total ignorance of any potential operating problems.  Remember, I was only
18 then.  And the barn man who set it aside for the charter never asked where we
were taking it.   That should give you a hint why I know that the drum brakes
were insufficient to hold a 1700 on Henderson Street ... I watched it roll back.

Bob Rathke wrote:

> I also have photos of 1700s on route 40, especially in the later days of the
> line.  And I've seen photos of 1700 fantrips on 21-Fineview.
>
> Bob 3/11/04
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fineview___PCCs
>
> > I have many photos of 1700s on the 40 from 1959 through end of service -
> > every time I visited but one there was at least one 1700 on the 40.
>  RR