[PRCo] Re: For Boris

[Fred Schneider]

It wasn't their track outside the building.    Pittsburgh Railways or  
PITWAY owned the building and the cars inside.  Their property ended  
at the sidewalk.   Therefore I would imagine they were trucked  
out.    Ed might know, he was about 20 then.

On May 9, 2007, at 4:31 PM, Matt Barry wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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.
>>
>> 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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