[PRCo] Re: One More Thing

[BobDietrich]

This is a little off-topic but I want to tell you how this demented, er
dementia, list saved the day for me.  I'm half heartedly following the 65 vs
100 order thread when I decided to look at the ultimate source, Fred's PCC
book.  It shows a 100 car order.  Then I decided to look at Alan Lind's St.
Louis Car Company book "From horsecars to streamliners" but it was stuck to
the shelf.  When I got it out I found it was all wet - literally.  A bottle
of water user for the iron (arn to some of yinz) has been leaking onto the
shelf and soaked about 6 of my trolley books which are now airing out.  Any
ideas on how to dry out these books?

Oh yea that book shows 65 cars on the order.  

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:28 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: One More Thing

The St. Louis Car order books showed 65 cars and not 100 cars, Ed.    
However, what I had there was a computer printout of data that Harold  
Cox entered and not the original book so I cannot tell if it was  
altered.   But I suspect that you were correct that that the WPB  
authorized the order first.   At least that is what I had been told.

fws

On Jul 27, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> I don't believe the actual order for the 1500s was for 100 cars.  I  
> believe
> it was for 65.  My understanding of the facts surrounding wartime  
> allotments
> leads me to believe that the operator first had to get permission  
> from the
> relevant agency before placing the order.  Pittsburgh Railways  
> requested 100
> cars but was allocated 65, so that's what they ordered.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 1:54 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: One More Thing
>
> ----- Original Message ----
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>> From: Ken & Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 8:42:23 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] One More Thing
>>
>> To the person who just e-mailed me privately to tell me 1774 was the
>> last 1700 built and there were no GE 1700s numbered 1775-1799,  
>> check this
> out:
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> Pittsburgh ordered all its PCCs in 100-car lots didn't they except  
> for #100.
> The WW2 board reduced the order for 1500s to 65-cars thus the 17s were
> ordered and delivered as 1700--1799 with the first 25 designed and  
> built for
> Interurban service.
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> Phil
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