[PRCo] Re: One More Thing

[Ken & Tracie]

I know somebody who has one for sale.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 8:43 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: One More Thing


> 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
>>
>> 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 ----
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
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