[PRCo] PRCo___1600__--__Queen--Mary

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

Good Morning!
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It has been reported that  The  1600  was sitting on shop trucks at the 
time of the Homewood fire and it was Thus  <Possible>  that the Queen 
Mary was a candidate for scrapping.
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It Is Also  <Possible>  that the car was having its trucks 
overhauled.       Although a Full-Fledged PCC, it is possible that The 
Queen was unique enough that PRCo didn't want to use other All-Electric 
trucks under this vehicle.       ((-- Bob Rathke related a story about 
how  <Finicky>  PRCo was about car assignments and that 1200s were 
generally not allowed on the 40-line  <Until>  PERC organized a charter 
in the latter 1950s for an NMRA convention with at least one car from 
each grouping  --  the Organizer went directly to Palmer for permission 
thus ticking off the maintenance crews!--))       I state this to show 
the  <possible>  thinking of PRCo in using trucks other than the 
originals under The Queen.
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Also consider that PCCs had been operating in Pgh. since 1936 - 1937  
and Not One PCC had been scrapped nor was even a candidate for 
scrapping  --  not until the Homewood fire.       The 10s and 11s saw 
scrapping commence in 1959 through 1961  --  not a few of these cars 
were first placed into storage and may have sat there a while before 
scrapping  (even the last of the low-floor cars were held in storage 
Just In Case  --  WW2 had definitely increased demand for rail equipment 
and the Korean War broke out just before // about the same time as the 
last low-floors were withdrawn  --  hold the cars in storage for a time 
before scrapping Just To Be Sure!)
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The three experimental 6000s didn't last long on PRCo  --  but these 
were Very Unique Cars  --  Not Old TrolleyCar and Not PCC  --   these 
experimentals would be a big maintenance burden going forward  --  these 
cars were on the property for only 12 years.       This could be an 
argument for scrapping The Queen, but hardly a convincing one.       The 
Queen was still a Full-Fledged PCC and PRCo would want to get a return 
on its investment  --  yes, there is a time to cut the losses and move 
forward, but not enough information is available to make that determination!
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The only thing we know about The Queen is that it was  <apparently>  
shunned by operators and maintenance crews    ----    this is quite 
common when something is unique  --  it needs special attention!
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Do  We  Actually  Know  More  About  The  Queen?       It takes a 
Preponderance Of  Evidence to make a determination  --  all we have is  
One  Piece  Of  Evidence  --  The Queen sitting on shop trucks  --  and 
HearSay Evidence that it was shunned.       We need more.
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Until more evidence is forth-coming,  ALL  we can say is that  The  
Queen  was sitting on shop trucks at the time of the Homewood Fire.
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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!!!!!!!