[PRCo] Re: A Picture I Forgot I Had

[Jim Holland]

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> It had to be before the 1954 strike, because the yellow cars are still 
> in service. But 1775 is showing rust up top at the end of the roof 
> gutter.  Rust on the anticlimber I expect after a week or two in 
> service, but it takes a while longer for body joints to begin breaking 
> down. The car has a few years on it, yet doesn't look all that bad 
> given PRCo's meager budget for cosmetics.
>
> Ed
>
http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/pitt1775.jpg
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Still has the Golden Glow as well but agree that the car has several 
years under its belt(rail!)  Cars were delivered without the tape over 
the front end of the fan cowling (see following URL) but I have not 
researched photos to know exactly when it was applied but assume it was 
1950 or 1951.
http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/02-1713%2037+%20SHY%20194903xx%201.jpg
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Comparing these two photos reveals that 1775 has lost much of its 
original glory and beauty and looks more like it could have been a photo 
from 1960 except for the lf-cars --- the 17s were Extremely Handsome 
Cars when they were new.  Type of camera used can also give this effect 
blandness --- those with fixed focal length are most culpable!
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Car 1700 itself was 'possibly' the first 17-Interurban to receive a 
sealed beam headlight while still in service to Washington --- 
'possibly' as a result of an accident.  Otherwise the interurbans seemed 
to be the last cars converted to sealed beam as they really didn't need 
the headlight much with the overhead light!  fws night photo of ladder 
tracks 1-10 in SHY shows an interurban over the pits with Golden Glow, 
this in the mid to latter 1950s!
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Car# --- Delivered ------  In Service
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1771 --- 1949.04.11 ---  1949.04.12
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1772 --- 1949.04.18 ---  1949.04.21
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1773 --- 1949.04.13 ---  1949.04.15
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1774 --- 1949.04.13 ---  1949.04.18
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1775 --- 1949.05.11 ---  1949.05.20
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1776 --- 1949.04.18 ---  1949.04.22
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1777--1781 were all delivered on 1949.4.18 as well  (6 car bonanza in 
one day!) and all were in service by the 25th.
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1797 --- 1949.05.16 ---  1949.05.27
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1798 --- 1949.05.23 ---  1949.07.27  (two months before placed into 
service!)
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1799 --- 1949.05.31 --- 1949.07.27  (Ditto Above!!)
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Jim__Holland