[PRCo] Re: 1954.02.07

[Edward H. Lybarger]

So was Thompsonville.  But remember, everything was operated manually that
day....because the line was shut down.  PRCo had retrieved all that it
wanted in the way of recyclables, and had turned it over to the scrapper.
There would have been no need for power above that required to deter
thievery.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:03 PM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1954.02.07


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
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org[2]]On Behalf Of Jim
> 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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