[PRCo] Re: More photos

[Edward H. Lybarger]

There are five things that I'm not buying...

1.  The font used for the number is nowhere close to PAT's.

2.  The vent above the destination signbox was rare in Western PA.  And
local buses did not generally have a PITTSBURGH panel on the rollsign.

3.  The turn signal is the expensive model; not generally found here.

4.  The stripe is too dark to be PAT red.  If this were orthochromatic film,
I might say otherwise, but it's not.

And...

5.  The state inspection sticker is on the right window.  Pennsylvania had
changed the location to the driver's windshield long before PAT was on the
scene.

What about other private operators such as P&W or Lincoln Coach?

I'm having dinner tonight with Barb and Ralph.  I'll show it to him.

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, April 27, 2009 2:58 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: More photos


 

Could not find a private operator with a TDH 4509/12 numbered 310, but there
was a Pgh Rys bus #310 which went into the PAT fleet.  This is according to
the Pittsburgh bus history site referenced elsewhere.

 

Some of the private operators adopted the PAT paint scheme, but not sure if
only 'new look' buses bought in early 1960s or also applied to some of the
'old look' buses.  The original scheme had a green belt rail, similar to
Harrisburg Railways.  By the time PAT actually took over, had changed to
red.  

 

I'd tend to suspect that this is a 1960s photo of ex PRC 310 in PAT livery.


 

Cheers

John

 

 

 
> From: trams2 at comcast.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: More photos
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:21:43 -0400
> 
> The date on the bus accident could well be correct. This is not the 
> 1980 accident near Palm Garden. This is a private operator's bus 
> #310...there's a research project for someone!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> Phillip Clark Campbell
> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:41 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] More photos
> 
> 
> Quite a few very interesting photos; this could almost be a real 
> estate diversion couldn't it:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/1601sHighWater - Location?
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/StreetFlood-1950 - Location?
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/NarrowBridge - Location?
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/Courthouse19520404 - Low bridge ahead, bus!
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/ForbesFlood-1950 - not a few photos show flooding.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/OaklandFifthToEast - this is an incredibly 
> beautiful aerial isn't it -- 1601, 17xx, ten or eleven, and one of 
> those PCCs in the distance!
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/5thKaufmannConstruction - How would trolley service 
> be rerouted?
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/17xx-71-5thDowntown-1950
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/PatBusCrash - Date is wrong by at least 14-years.
> 
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> Phil
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