[PRCo] Re: Donora comment correction

[mtoytrain at bellsouth.net]

Harsh comments about Donora were not from our group but over the years if you mention to anyone that you were from the Pittsburgh area, they would say where at?  And generally if you say Donora you would receive a rather harsh comment to the affect that the town was nasty or whatever, however that nasty town and many other Mon Valley communities produced steel that built America.  

Jerry Matsick

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> From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
> Date: 2005/10/21 Fri AM 06:16:08 EDT
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PTM__Equipment__Acquisition
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> mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> > There have been some somewhat harsh comments about my old hometown of 
> > Donora, but I would not trade the memories I have of the old hometown 
> > for nothing, riding the streetcar to church and to go shopping, yes 
> > Donora at one time had every major department store around, and on 
> > Friday and Monday evenings the stores and sidewalks were packed and 
> > yes people riding the street car from on end of town to the other.
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> Haven't seen anyone write harsh comments about Donora  --  are we 
> getting different copies of these emails???
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> > Even more fascinating was riding the old Jones low floor car down to a 
> > family friends house in Monongahela and then on to New Eagle, many of 
> > you reading this never rode that car, BUT I DID!
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> I bet there are more of us than you would guess who have distinct 
> memories of rides on the PRCo  *Jones*  Cars!!       You should have 
> seen the Dormont line in the PM rush  --  ALL  sorts of TrolleyCars,  
> PCCs   AND   Jones  cars  lined up All The Way Down The Hill, across 
> Biltmore, And Across Raleigh waiting to get into the wye to turn and 
> return to town or to the barn  --  some of those ops could really handle 
> those cars and it was Absolutely Fascinating to watch them back out at 
> Not A Little Speed, throw the reverser while the car was still backing 
> and braking, and then head inbound down the hill and back to the barn.
> .
> Used to wait at Raleigh in the rush to watch for the One Jones car that 
> had a 2-spring vertical Trolley Base from a PCC instead of the 4-spring 
> horizontal.       Loved the wood slatting on the floors in some of the 
> Jones cars although Mom balked at riding them because her Heels got 
> caught in the slats.       Distinctly different sounds on a Jones car as 
> compared to a PCC and neat gear grind, but not objectionably loud.
> .
> Wheel tires on Jones cars seemed to have higher degree of polish than 
> wheels on the PCC - and more grease caked on the wheels as well!       
> Neat that the trolley catcher was lower than on a PCC And on a window 
> sill And that it was offset toward the right side instead of in the 
> center!       Liked watching the op crank the destination sign to Car 
> House!       Jones cars seemed to kick up more of a dust storm when the 
> op used the sander  --  wonder if they did that just to amuse us kids 
> watching them?!?!
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> > As I promised Mark Mcguire I would be coming back to pick him up in a 
> > "Heavenly 1711" one day PTM is fantastic and can't wait to go back and 
> > visit and restore some memory!
> >
> > Jerry Matsick
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> This  Sounds  Interesting  --  Please  Tell  Us  More!
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> Jim__Holland
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> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
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> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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