[PRCo] Re: New Railfans, Historians and Lack of Background Knowledge

[Jim Holland]

 >Kenny J wrote:::
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>"...The sub title alone:
>interurban trolley cars. 
>Now I always thought an interurban car ran
>between cities and a trolley car ran in a city. 
>I know I'm picking nits."
>Have at it, guys.....
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The Above Is 100% Correct~!~!~!     _Interurban_  is an Adjective and needs
to modify a Noun, thus  _Interurban__TrolleyCar_  Is  The  Correct  Way  To 
Identify  The  Vehicle  --  _Interurban_ is used by Us'n RailFans as a noun
and I have Found One Dictionary that lists it as such  (it's unfortunate,
butthis is The Dumbing Down of the Language when Usage is Accepted by the
Dictionaries as a Standard.)     Most Dicts. will list  _Interurban_  as an
Adjective and the example given by these dictionaries is  _Interurban_Bus_ 
(presumably because no one knows what is a TrolleyCar~!~!~!)
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SomeThing else that Us'n RailFans and even this writer does is to Glorify
TheVehicle as something Extremely Grandiose and Magnificent, such as PE and
North Shore, but in reality AnyThing that is used regularly and fits the
daffynition of running between 2 cities Is An Interurban Vehicle  --  be
thatvehicle a bus, TrolleyCar, or whatever.
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Many can take issue with PRCo PCCs as Interurban_TrolleyCars  --  they
certainly are at the bottom of the scale of vehicles when compared to the
likes of PE and NS  --  and their special equipment while highly functional
for PRCo was window dressing compared to other vehicles.     NeverTheLess,
those PRCo PCCs Are Interurban_TrolleyCars.     There are Many Examples of
older equipment that was little more than the City Trolley but was regularly
used as Interurban and is Thus an Interurban_TrolleyCar~!~!~!
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Jim Holland 

Studying Pittsburgh Railways Company 

....................From 1930 -- 1950 

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) 

http://www.pa-trolley.org/[1] 

N.M.R.A. 

http://www.nmra.org/[2] 

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   1 http://www.pa-trolley.org/
   2 http://www.nmra.org/