[PRCo] Re: 3800 Series LOST

[Fred Schneider]

PTM did not exist then...   Members bought the toys for ultimate  
preservation.   The museum was not a reality until 1954.   The last  
3800 was torched in 1952.

On May 7, 2008, at 1:28 AM, Herb Brannon wrote:

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