[PRCo] Re: 1954.02.07

[Fred Schneider]

Tylerdale is a possibility as it was an on-demand automatic substation; normally
shut down until it felt a load.  But I can only wonder about running three cars
in a block (300 horsepower or thereabouts more than 10 miles from the nearest
sub.).

Jim Holland wrote:

>
> Fred Schneider wrote:
> 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.              When is  *By--Then?*     This is February--1954  --
> Washington line terminated at Drake after August--1953, or Walther's until
> Drake loop opened and power was turned off.     The article in PTM
> *Trolley__Fare*  indicated that the Thompsonville sub was turned on for the
> move of the museum cars to County Home; nothing mentioned about Canonsburg
> but insinuation was that Thompsonville was supplying all current for the
> museum move.     Article also said that PERC members took turns running
> WP-832 to near Tylerdale and back until the cars were boarded up for
> storage.
> "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote: The car number was 4393.              This was
> identified below in a response to my original post.
>
>              And that mysterious appearance of 4398 on 10-West View was
> possibly part of the 1955 PERC charter which covered many of the North Side
> lines, including the 10- and 15-lines; this identified several times here
> (but snipped from this post because of length.)
> 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. JIM -----Original Message-----
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> Holland Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:00 PM To:
> pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org[3] Subject: [PRCo] 1954.02.07 Jim Holland
> wrote: Also in the archives is extensive quotation of the PERC // PRMA //
> PTMarticle(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! [[-- snipped --]]
>
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