[PRCo] Re: 3800 Series LOST

[Jerry Matt Matsick]

Herb
Good Buddy Mark and I often talk about the reason a 3800 series car was
not saved?   I remember them quite well in the late 40s and early 50s on the
Charleroi Interurban route!   A Beautiful Car!

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>From the River City by the Sea! 
Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
"Jacksonville" 


-------------- Original message from Herb Brannon <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>: -------------- 


> Since we are on the topic of "saved" PRCo cars....... 
> Why was a 3800 series interurban never saved?? They were around until 1950. It 
> seems someone would have tried to get one off the scrap pile. 
> Fred Schneider wrote: 
> PST 14 and 78 were not operational. The other revenue fleet was 
> marked in service but not everything was run. Of course that 
> excludes 4398, and Pittsburgh 1100 series PCC and a whole lot of 
> stuff in the Blimp Hanger which is not in the revenue fleet. 
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> On May 6, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Jerry Matt Matsick wrote: 
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> > Mark M and myself wonder what "cars" actually were operational this 
> > past weekend? Both of us would have given anything to be there as 
> > it looked like a fantastic time. 
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> > From the River City by the Sea! 
> > Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
> > "Jacksonville" 
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> Greetings From America's North Coast 
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