[PRCo] West Penn Toilets

[Fred Schneider]

An Open Letter to Fred Bruhn:

As far as I can tell, Fred, it is probable that all the 700s had  
toilets.   I think your question was just with the low 700s.   I have  
pictures to prove that 700, 703, 705 and 707 definitely had them.  It  
would therefore follow that 702 and 706 probably also did.    I think  
you were looking for the cars that ran on Fairchance in particular.    
By the way, cars 702 through 706 do not match the Russian model  
because they have the narrow center door.

By the way, the low 600s (600-606) also had toilets, probably because  
they too were built for mainline service.

Let's give Ed Lybarger credit for something ... we were having a  
conversation Friday or Saturday about West Penn and the logic of  
doing business ... why did Cincinnati buy the 600s and so many cars  
up through the 800s from them?  Ed pointed out that they were buying  
from a former West Penn manager who moved to Cincinnati ... an old  
friend as it were.   One of you ask him for the name because I didn't  
do it.

fws