[PRCo] Re: WP___704

[Fred Schneider]

I never did understand why 703 and 704 were assigned to that line  
after they were returned to service during World War II.   Maybe it  
was simply that they had to go somewhere, and why screw up someone  
else's life.   Cars were assigned to men on West Penn and thus giving  
the newly rebuilt cars to another route would have meant taking their  
cars away from them.   That probably would have served no useful  
purpose.   West Penn's management was, if anything, very logical.

On Jan 28, 2006, at 6:42 AM, Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. --  
Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland wrote:

> Good Morning!
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> Not long back we had some discussions about the low numbered 700  
> series
> WP Interurbans.        The October 1971 PTM calendar shows a color  
> photo
> of 704 by Charles E. England with the following caption:::::::
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> """In its waning days, West Penn Railways
> Uniontown-Phillips-Leisenring-Connellsville route featured well-worn
> equipment such as car 704.       Built in 1912, this Cincinnati-made
> veteran closed that line some 39 years later.       West Penn  
> equipment
> gave evidence of its operating environment, but bore the dirt from the
> mining industry well.       In back is the South Connellsville local
> car, which will leave when the Phillips car does."""
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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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