[PRCo] Re: 1954.02.07

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Canonsburg was down by that date.  Washington Junction and Thompsonville supplied all the juice that day.

Ed
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From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
Date: 2004/03/23 Tue AM 11:24:54 EST
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1954.02.07

Were Canonsburg and Thompsonville subs still operating or were they feeding the entire line
out of Washington Junction by then.  I can only assume that Tylerdale was cut off by then
because there were no tracks for the ground circuit.

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> The car number was 4393.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Holland
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:00 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] 1954.02.07
>
> Jim Holland wrote:
>
> >             Also in the archives is extensive quotation of the PERC //
> >PRMA // PTM article(s) of that first trip to the museum with M1, WP-832,
> >and 3756.     *Later*  on that day  (1954.02.07)  a  *speeded--up*
> >Double-End car was sent to County Home Siding to pick up the railfans
> >and return them to Pgh.     The car number was listed in those articles
> >but not able to put my finger on it at the moment.     Would have been
> >nice if tht car could have been saved  --  or if 4398 had made that
> >trip  --  just for sake of nostalgia.
> >
> >Jim Holland
> >
> Good Morning!
>
>         Of course I know exactly where is this information!     I cut page-10 out
> of the Sept.--Oct--1996  Trolley__Fare and put it in my
> Washington__Interurban  photo album.
>
>         The DE Low-Floor car which took the fans back after delivering the first
> 3-PERC cars was 4393!
>
>         The following information is for the move of the PERC Museum cars from
> Ingram to County Home:::::::
>
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> 1954.02.07      M-1     PRCo    Move museum cars Ingram to County Home Museum site near
> Arden.  4393 used for return trip to Pittsburgh.  (Washington Interurban
> truncated at Drake 1953.08.29.)
>
> 1954.02.07      3756    PRCo    Move museum cars Ingram to County Home Museum site near
> Arden.  4393 used for return trip to Pittsburgh.  (Washington Interurban
> truncated at Drake 1953.08.29.)
>
> 1954.02.07      832     PRCo    Move museum cars Ingram to County Home Museum site near
> Arden.  4393 used for return trip to Pittsburgh.  (Washington Interurban
> truncated at Drake 1953.08.29.)
>
> 1954.02.07      4393    PRCo    Move museum cars Ingram to County Home Museum site near
> Arden.  4393 used for return trip to Pittsburgh.  (Washington Interurban
> truncated at Drake 1953.08.29.)
>
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>         This information describes a couple PERC fantrips which may explain the
> photo on the 10-line spotted by Matt::
>
> 1955.06.12      4398    PRCo    Monongahela Incline, 57, 32, 36, 35, 38A, 38, 42, 40,
> 48, 49, 22, 4, 5, 21, 8, 10, 15, 13, 6, 18.
>
>         There is a picture of 4398 at the Emsworth loop from the above fantrip on
> the back of  Trolley__Fare  March--April--2002.
>
> 1960.09.10p     4398    PRCo    Glenwood to Tunnel for NMRA fantrip.
>
> 1960.09.10p     3487    PRCo    Glenwood to Tunnel for NMRA fantrip.
>
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>         Another charter more than a year before the end of Washington service  --
> almost exactly 11-months before the end of Charleroi::
>
> 1952.07.27      3761    PRCo    Joint Trip with Akron, OH, RR Club.  Washington Shannon
> Charleroi, Roscoe, Washington; regular service car 4387 Black Diamond to
> Donora.
>
> 1952.07.27      3769    PRCo    Joint Trip with Akron, OH, RR Club.  Washington Shannon
> Charleroi, Roscoe, Washington; regular service car 4387 Black Diamond to
> Donora.
>
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> 1950.06.11      3712    PRCo    Washington.
>
> 1950.06.11      4354    PRCo    North Washington, Jefferson/Maiden, East/West.
>
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>         Moving WP-832 from Charleroi to Ingram:::::::
>
> 1953.05.10      4921    PRCo    Charleroi to Ingram to store West Penn 832!
>
> 1953.05.10      832     PRCo    Charleroi to Ingram to store West Penn 832!
>
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> 1956.09.09      5432    PRCo    Last low-floor car: 34/31, 7, 36, 50, 55, 56, 58, 62,
> 64, 68, 87, 30.
>
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>
> Jim
>
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