[PRCo] Re: Pa Trolley Museum on KDKA

[Edward H. Lybarger]

3807 was painted at least once and perhaps twice (I don't have the paint
book in front of me).  There is a photo of it in storage inside Homewood
showing mid-'30s advertising in the windows.  It ran.

What I'd like to know is why it quit running, and when.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
Clark Campbell
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:16 PM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pa Trolley Museum on KDKA

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  By 1928, they had been replaced by the 3800 series...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