[PRCo] Re: 1954.02.07

[Fred Schneider]

I'm sorry.  I made the misteak in the first place.  The word Tylerdale should
have been Thompsonville.  I didn't think Tylerdale was an on-demand sub.  I
understand some of that ... I know all the signals had been already yanked.
"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> Schneider
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:03 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 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
> Message-----
> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org[1]
> > [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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