[PRCo] Re: One More Thing

[Fred Schneider]

Might be cheaper to find another Lind book on the internet.

On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:33 AM, BobDietrich wrote:

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