[PRCo] Re: 100/M11 dustination certain

[Jim Holland]

 > B wrote:
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 > Following the thread of destination curtains on PCCs,
 > how long did #100 keep the original curtains containing
 > PITTSBURGH and DEMONSTRATOR?
 > This car was often used for charters and we know that
 > trolleyfans like to play with destination signs.
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Photos of M11 with  CHARLEROI  displayed are known so 'Pittsburgh' would 
be on there as well  (possibly in photos at Dave's site but I am not 
looking for it but the pic I remember is M11 pulling onto the admin back 
track from 44/48~!~!)  --  but the dustynation roll probably belongs to 
an individual and was placed into the car for that charter  --  the roll 
didn't belong to 100.
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Do we   KNOW   that  'Demon-Strator'  and  'Pgh'  were in the roll with 
other Pgh destinations  --  or was that a special roll all its own which 
was removed and then replaced by a standard destination roll?~!~?~!     
Another thing to consider,  'most'  of the list members were born 1940 
or later, a few earlier so we ain't going to have experience with this car.
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Don't have any info about charters 1936 til WW2 - doubt there were many 
RailFan charters during WW2 but I could Easily Be Wrong.     First 
Recorded PERC charter is 1946 with 1600.     Thus  --  how many times 
was the destination sign of PCC 100 replaced in a decade and how many 
times was it chartered in that time?
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What seems curious to me is that #100 was so quickly assigned to 
50-Carson, a rather non-descript line that didn't get much exposure.     
It was 30-January-1937 when the first Tens were placed Into Service  
(delivered 4-7-days prior)  and with PRCo desire to hit discretionary 
riders, one would think that 100 would circulate among the different 
lines not unlike 1600 apparently did.
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-- 
*Jim Holland*

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