[PRCo] Re: Pa Trolley Museum on KDKA

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

From: bill937ca <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:20:56 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Fwd:  Re: Pa Trolley Museum on KDKA

> --- In LRPPro at yahoogroups.com,
> Edson Tennyson <etennyson at ...> wrote:

> IT  WAS  NOT  THE  BEST  IN  1925.:
>  In that KDKA  report they stated that the now old orange
> low fioor 3756 car was the BEST of the art in 1925
> for service on the Charleroi and Washington lines.  
> ...they were lousy for that service,

This is very well known, isn't it.  It has been well documented
before.  Isn't it presumed that the 3800s were ordered because
of the failure of the 3750s?

>  By 1928, they had been replaced by the 3800 series...
> interurbans which were also lemons of a different flavor.
> One car was so bad it never ran

Didn't I see comments in the archives that this is false?
Wouldn't the car cards refute this?

> As a commuter on the Charleroi line 1947 to 1949,...

Mr.Tennyson will also tell you there were three sidings on
Overbrook in this time period when in fact there were only
two:  Bon Air and Smith.  This did make for 3 single track
sections though didn't it.  The sidings at McKinley Park and
Edgebrook were added upon abandonment of
Charleroi and Washington.

Like most of the rest of us Mr.Tennyson is aging which
'may' affect the memory on many items.  Nevertheless,
his experience with PRC is enviable.


> E d  T  e n n y s o n


Phil
Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'


> On Aug 19, 2009, at 11:26 PM, John Swindler wrote:
> Pennsylvania trolley museum made KDKA news -
> On link below, click on horsecar for video. 
> Dial up might have problems with video due  
> to possible file size.
>
> John
>
> Subject: KDKA
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:56:43 -0400
>
> http://kdka.com/kdcountry/Pennsylvania.trolley.museum.2.1129569.html