[PRCo] Re: 3800 Series LOST

[Herb Brannon]

So how does this explain why PTM did not save a 3800 ??????
Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:  It would cost money to buy, money to move, it doesn't fit in 
everyone's back yard, and the neighbors don't particularly like such 
toys in your back yard.

About 25 years ago Dave Hamley was projecting slides for my 
edification and enjoyment. Several of them showed a gasoline 
locomotive he once had stored in his garage in a nice suburban 
neighborhood outside of Pittsburgh. He had rolled it out into the 
driveway for the picture. In the background was a neighbor dressed 
in a white shirt. Dave proceeded to tell how he cranked up the 
engine. When the engine fired, all of the water that had 
accumulated in the exhaust system came up the stack. It washed the 
dirt out of the muffler and stack. The neighbor's white shirt was 
no longer white. It was never again white. There was no bleach on 
the market that could possibly make it white. That should give 
insights into why your neighbor might not want any large steel 
objects in your yard.

In my township such objects are simply forbidden by ordinance. We 
are note even permitted to work on our automobiles in our driveways 
because of one guy who collected too many cars.


On May 6, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Jerry Matt Matsick wrote:

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> Good Buddy Mark and I often talk about the reason a 3800 series car 
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> Charleroi Interurban route! A Beautiful Car!
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>> 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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>>> Jerry "Matt" Matsick
>>> "Jacksonville"
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Herb Brannon
   
  Greetings From America's North Coast