[PRCo] Re: Fineview

Schneider Fred fwschneider at comcast.net
Sun Jul 12 17:38:13 EDT 2009


He means 1601-1699.   Car 1600 was an odd-ball all-electric.


On Jul 12, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> What do you mean by "1601s" ? If you mean all 100 of them, then  
> that would
> be the "1600 series". Bear in mind that 21-Fineview operated from  
> Keating
> Car House. Keating had PCC cars numbered from xx75 to xx99 (General  
> Electric
> cars). The book "Pittsburgh Railways" states that PCC operation on
> 21-Fineview started in 1951, as does "PCC-From Coast to Coast".  
> Several
> photos of PCCs in both books show only 1680s and 1690s on Fineview.  
> I have
> one photo of car 1111 on Fineview, however, it is on a fan trip.  
> Other books
> I have with photos of Fineview show the 1680s and 1690s in regular  
> service
> on that route. Noteworthy is that "Pittsburgh Railways" also indicates
> 21Fineview did not start running into downtown Pgh until June 9,1952.
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell  
> <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> From the archives I note that the 1601s  'may'  have been specially
>> configured  (braking)  for the 21-Fineview, 10-cars either the 1680s
>> or 1690s.  Are the 1601s the first PCCs used on Fineview?  Can it be
>> documented that any other PCCs were  'regularly'  used?  As with
>> that great TV program:  'Just the Facts, Sir!'
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>> Phil
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