[PRCo] South Hills

Jim Holland PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com
Mon Sep 17 00:26:54 EDT 2007


-01->--A Big Favorite of mine  --
  PRCo PCC Interurban TrolleyCar 1716 was:::::
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.......Delivered on 1949.03.01
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.......In Service on 1949.03.04
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.......On Charleroi OB at SHJ on
..............Sunday, 1949.05.29.
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Looks like Mom's Cousin on the far right who has Just Missed his ride to 
Finleyville where his wife would pick him up~!~!     The couple with 
their backs to us is Fred and Ethyl Mertz~!~!~!~!~!     Chuck was a 
self-employed dentist with an office on the 53 line  --  a photo of a 
PCC And His Office are on the web somewhere~!~!~!
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Also in this photo is 1763 on the 42 - I could possibly be on board this 
car~!~!     Delivered on 1949.04.05 she was placed into service on the 
8th~!~!
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We also see an 16xx-Interurban TrolleyCar inbound  --  note the dark 
patch centered above the rear windows where the catcher was removed.
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-02->--1723 in its first winter at SHY~!~!~!     This is the car I was 
riding when it derailed on Bon-Air OB on a Mother's Day in early 1960s/
-- 
*Jim Holland*
Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*

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

*Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)*

http://www.pa-trolley.org/

*N.M.R.A.*

http://www.nmra.org/



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