[PRCo] Re: Transfers // Strike // 1957

[Fred Schneider]

As I recall, 1955 and 1956 were very strong years.   In 1955 the  
Pennsylvania Railroad was forced to borrow locomotives from  
everywhere they could just to keep things moving.   Steam was  
restored that year to places that had not seen it since 1952, i.e.  
Altoona to Johnstown to Blairsville to Pitcairn Yard, and  
Williamsport to Renova to Driftwood and points west.   In 1956 the  
PRR borrowed steam engines from the Reading for use in the Harrisburg  
- Sunbury - Williamsport area, and they used Santa Fe 2-10-4s on the  
line from Columbus to Sandusky, Ohio.

Then in 1957 it seems that the bottom began to fall out of the  
business.   I think things were pretty slack in 1958 and 1959 as  
well.   But I was in the army from late 1958 through 1961 and their  
employment was dependable even if not appreciated.

On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:47 PM, John Swindler wrote:

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> Wasn't there a downturn in the steel industry in 1958/59?????  Did  
> it have
> anything to do with auto production???
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> Would have been in jr. high, so a bit before my time to have paid  
> attention.
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> John
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>> From: Jim Holland <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> To: - 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC - <pittsburgh-railways at lists.dementia.org>
>> Subject: [PRCo] Transfers // Strike // 1957
>> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:51:11 -0700
>>
>> It has been claimed that during October, 1958, Pittsburgh Railways  
>> used
>> transfers dated "1957" because they weren't used a year earlier  
>> due to
>> the trolley strike.
>> .
>> Pittsburgh Railways announced that it was still losing money and
>> passengers despite the fare increase on Thursday, June 20, 1957.    
>> Since
>> then, losses totaled $47,176.   Passengers declined from  
>> 76,557,554 in
>> the first 9 months of 1957 to 62,860,493 in the first 9 months of
>> 1958.    For the 12 months ending Tuesday, September 30, 1958,  
>> there was
>> a net loss of $690,061 which; however, included the strike period.
>> .
>> This courtesy of Mr. Richard Bowker who sent the info to
>> *_The__Headway__Recorder_*  and was transcribed recently by Dennis  
>> Linsky.
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> --
>> *Jim Holland*
>>
>> Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*
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>> ....................From 1930 -- 1950
>>
>> *Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)*
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>> http://www.pa-trolley.org/
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>> *N.M.R.A.*
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>> http://www.nmra.org/
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