[PRCo] Re: PRCo___1600__--__Queen--Mary

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

This Is Good Evidence  --  Thank  You!

Don't have said photo  --  just repeating what I learned here.

Heard a rumor that the shop crews reportedly towed The Queen into the 
fire so that  <possibly>  underscores the fact it was on shop trucks  
BUT  believe the rumor was more like this when it originated:     """Had 
The Queen  NOT  been involved in the fire, the crews would have towed it 
in."""       Not that they actually would have done same but it 
underscores their dislike of the car.       Still  --  <Rumor!>


The 10s and 11s really racked up some mileage in their time  --  good 
return on their investment.       When they were new they were 
apparently spread out on the system to provide base service day and 
evenings so they apparently saw almost constant usage for a number of 
years.       Then add in the demands of WW2 and decent ridership into 
the 1950s.


Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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> Without the fire, car 1600 wouldn't have been scrapped until the car 
> trust bonds for the 1600-series had been paid, which coincidentally 
> would have been sometime in 1955.       Its loss in the fire meant 
> insurance reimbursement in whatever amount,  since there was likely 
> ten years of depreciation left,  but a fire loss and recovery payment 
> wouldn't have interfered with the car trust.
>
> The 10s and 11s as groups still had a couple years' depreciation on 
> them,  so it was unlikely that they would have been disposed of that 
> early under ordinary circumstances,  whether or not there was work for 
> them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James 
> B. Holland
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:24 AM
> To: - 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -
> Subject: [PRCo] PRCo___1600__--__Queen--Mary
>
> 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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> 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!!!!!!!