[PRCo] Re: West Penn Toilets

[mtoytrain at bellsouth.net]

Trolleys and toilets,  did the cars have "hold" tanks for the toilet facilities or did they do like the 
American Passenger trains did?    let her rip?

Jerry M
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> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Date: 2005/11/07 Mon PM 08:45:13 EST
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] West Penn Toilets
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> An Open Letter to Fred Bruhn:
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> 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.
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> fws
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