[PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC

[Fred Schneider]

Sort of like Shaker 94 was the first car that Dave Hamley rode on  
that property and P&W 209 and PTC 5326 were both used on on fantrips  
by the Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club.   We all had our reasons for  
buying our favorite cars and they didn't always have anything to do  
with history other than that in our own minds.

On May 8, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> 832 was painted between Memorial Days 1947 and 1948.  731 is likely  
> the last
> West penn car painted.  1138 was chosen, as I understand it, either  
> because
> Dick Bowker ran it or because it had its original front  
> anticlimber.  I
> don't know for certain.  But I do know that we use somewhat different
> selection criteria today.
>
>