[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh PCC sighting

[Boris Cefer]

Both Miller and Mitchell are involved with PCCs in this area!

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From: <trams at adelphia.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Cc: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:25 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh PCC sighting


> I can't help with 1772, but the Ed in Uniontown is a Mitchell, not a
Miller!
>
> Ed
> ---- Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net> wrote:
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>   Just curious Fred. Was 1772 painted in the PAT gray#2 scheme or
> was it in its original hourglass red and creme scheme. 1772 was also
> painted with a plain red front(no v-front or hourglass). This car
> was never painted in the mod scheme so the gray#2 would have been
> its final scheme. How was it painted at PRM?
>
>                         Mark
>
> -- Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
> I had occasion to visit Columbus last weekend with some spare time and
drove
> up to Worthington to see what was going on with the "Ohio Railway Museum".
It
> doesn't seem like much.
> But in the midst of all their equipment stored uncovered outside was the
> prettiest sight in the world, 1772 looking just fine.  The chain link
fence around
> the place discourages exploring and as in previous trips there was nobody
> around.
>
> They have an IT double end PCC with no protection and showing
> a weather beaten look.  The Columbus double end car, 704 which at one time
> was well restored (if memory serves me correctly) is not covered and
looking
> very old.  A couple of tarps are over some equipment but I don't remember
if
> their small open barn was still standing or not.
>
> The N&W 4-8-0 with the Pullman "Times Square" and a couple of PRR
> baggage-mail- combine cars take up a lot of space.
>
> If you have ever been to ORM, it is located about 1/2 mile off SR161 and
the
> museum's mail line was at one time the interurban
> from Marion.  The line at one time crossed the road and continued behind
some
> houses, but the city or someone made them cut it back to the museum
property
> and take out the road crossing.  The line runs along the current CSX/NS
and
> crosses SR161 on an overpass and continues some  distance.  It has been
20+
> years since I rode it and can't remember how far it goes.  They are jammed
into a
> small area and I doubt will ever get to expand.  However, if you have
visited
> there you may remember from SR161 to the museum were industrial buildings
> including an engine rebuilding company.  All that is gone and graded flat
clear to
> the museum.  I don't think the museum is on the best terms with the city,
but
> that is just an opinion.  Worthington is one of the yuppie
> suburbs and...you get the idea.
>
> There are some interesting cars there, but will happen to them, who knows.
> There was a steam faction vs. traction faction for a long time and may
still be.
>
> Back to 1772, it was back a couple of tracks but looked darn good from the
> distance.  I knew the story of the PRCo. car(s) at one time but not sure
now.
> An Ed Miller, no relation to the Uniontown Miller, had purchased a 1700
and
> arranged for it to be "stored" at Worthington.  He had substantial
resources and
> either intended or actually did restore the car.  I heard later  that he
> parted ways with the museum and took the car to a site north of Columbus
near
> Ashley, Ohio.  (That is hearsay)  I've never driven down to investigate.
Now this
> weekend I see 1772 sitting at Worthington and have no clue what is going
on.
> Can anyone help on this question?
>
> Fred Bruhn
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