[PRCo] Re: PRCo Dumps // Coal // Ash Cars

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

Notes indicate that 517 was converted  to Weed Sprayer on 19340519  --  
Sorry for the oversight.       It doesn't list a disposition for the car 
but we now know it went to PTM.
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515  and  516  were burned at West Park on  19320126  and  19320417  
respectively.
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515 was sold to DLCo on Brunots Island 19481104.
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Of the low 500s all were scrapped by burning by 1935 at WP except for 
M503 which was burned at Millvale.       But 502 was converted to the 
2nd M541 on  19300611  and is listed as a Loco, for Rail Car(!!),  a 
little over 76 years ago;  this  2nd M541  was scrapped by burning at 
Ingram  19511206.
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Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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>517 was converted to a sprayer car.  We scrapped it at PTM and put the trucks under 3618 - the Boston Elevated bottom dump.  M517 was pretty decrepit when we got it, and we contracted our weed spraying in those days, so it was never considered for preservation...just parts.
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>Now we spray ourselves, using the big motor car and a tank-equipped flat car.
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>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of James B. Holland
>Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 3:35 PM
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>Bob's site and my information list three groupings of Dump cars::
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>500--505  --  6 cars  --  Clark Car Co.
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>514--517  --  4 cars  --  Differential
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>550--555  --  6 cars  --  Differential
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>500 thru 517 were scrapped by the mid 1930s so the photo that Bob showed us could have been one of these cars.
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>PRCo had some Coal // Ash cars.
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>M104 is listed as an  ASH  car for Glenwood PowerHouse - built 1896, scrapped 19240318 - 18 feet long!
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>The   *--FIRST--*    M281,    M282,    M283,    M285,       In Addition To    M284,    M286,    M287,    M288,    M289    were listed as Ash_//_Coal  cars and details are sketchy  --  nothing as to builder nor date nor if motorized or just trailers.       Most, but not all, sold to  DLCo  on Brunots Island.
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>Jim___Holland
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