[PRCo] Fwd: Hog Island

[James B. Holland]

"George W. Gula" <scranton-pa at ...> wrote:

Gene D.Gordon's book on Susquehanna Trolleys provides little information
on these cars. He describes them as 3 cars purchased second-hand from
the from the U.S. Shipping boar at Hog Island, Philadelphia for $10.394
each shortly after WWII in 1919. They were numbered 116-118-120 and were
45-1/2 feet long Brill cars painted yellow. The cars were not kept in
the best shape and the 1936 flood ruined all three. Only #118 was
repaired. The system quit in 1939.

In all likelihood these cars were unneeded Philadelphia Railways "War
Board" cars that the Emergency Fleet Corporation was selling off
following the cessation of hostilities. In an article written by Cox in
1965, he mentions that any movement of Philadelphia Railways cars for
repairs for sale to other properties was accomplished by running the
cars from the Philadelphia Railways Penrose Ferry Depot over
Philadelphia Railways tracks to Hog Island and thence over PRT trackage
of the Hog Island line, Island Avenue and Woodland Avenue to the Brill
Plant. PRT carefully noted all of these car movements with the exception
of two. After purchasing and operating five of these cars Wilkes Barre
Railways ordered three more in March 25, 1921. The car numbers not noted
on any PRT movement records were 136, 137, 140, 141, 142 and 143. If
three of these went to Wilkes Barre it may be safe to deduce that the
remaining three were ordered by the Sunbury system.

George Gula

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