[PRCo] Re: West Penn 832

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The 830s were purchased by West Penn Railways (from West Penn Securities
Department, Inc.) in 1944.  George Tucker's story was that the men at the
shop "hid" 832 (just how they could do that when it was out on South
Connellsville regularly I'm not sure) so it didn't appear on the scrap
inventory.  Allegedly this was done so PERC could buy it.  I wasn't there
and can't attest to the story's authenticity.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 9:48 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn 832

 
Wasn't it a leased car, which is how it escaped the West Penn scrap list?
 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> 
> Subject: [PRCo] West Penn 832> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 21:15:05 -0400> > 
> There was another story about John Baxter ...> > I remember being told 
> and I don't know if I heard it from John > Swindler or from some one 
> else but it went, "If I had looked more > closely at the car first, I 
> wouldn't have run it quite so fast from > Charleroi to Pittsburgh."> > 
> Apparently John looked at the wheel profile after the trip was over > 
> and only then discovered that the wheels were quite well worn. The > 
> flanges on West Penn 832 are not round like they are supposed to > be. 
> They are square from much wear.> > Like so many cars that our trolley 
> museums purchased, that car was > another example of a vehicle that 
> was on its last legs and there is > simply no way that a company could 
> even consider investing money in a > car that they were about to scrap 
> ... not if you do not wish to be > lynched by the stockholders. > >
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