[PRCo] Re: For Boris

Matt Barry mrb190+ at pitt.edu
Wed May 9 16:31:13 EDT 2007


Ken,

Thanks for sharing yet another super R. Hill shot!

Anyone on the list recall how PRC got all of those cars out of Rankin, 
if these cars were rejected?   Trucked out?   Some out on their own 
power (before the end of January 1967, I would think)?

Matt

Ken & Tracie wrote:

>I haven't come through on several promises...I've been wanting to put 
>together some disks with R. Hill pix on them for some of you and Boris has 
>been after me to rescan some pix of PCCs being scrapped and of some unused 
>cars (rejected by PAT) which were stored in a car house (Craft?).
>I haven't dug out all the pix nor have I made the time to put together any 
>disks, but here's a photo taken on January 13th, 1967. I dunno, 1606 appears 
>to look better than some of the 1600s PAT kept. Must have had some serious 
>mechanical issues.
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>I wish I could whip up those CDs and get 'em sent out, but I may have to 
>wait until I take some time off from work and have several uninterrupted 
>days to scan and put them together.
>
>Anyway, enjoy the photo. It proves Pittsburgh can be as dusty as Mohave 
>Desert.
>
>K.
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