[PRCo] Re: Photo from Yesterday

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I believe these are the original design doors.  They are not very wide, and
it is easy to understand why we found news articles about the passengers
flocking to the trailers first.

The cars last hauled trailers in 1937, but some were also in single-unit
service into the late '30s.  Considering that they could not be run as
one-man cars, their use would have been limited to very heavy traffic times.
Thirteen were converted to snow scrapers in 1940, so they wouldn't have been
totally rare during the '40s.  It snowed here in those days!

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
Clark Campbell
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 2:49 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo from Yesterday


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> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 2:43:12 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Photo from Yesterday
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> I thought list members might enjoy one of my photos from yesterday, 
> with PRCo 4145 up on the jacks and the trailer being pulled out so the 
> shop trucks could be placed.
> 
> Ed
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http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/02-DSC_0101.JPG


Mr.Lybarger;


This 'is' a high-floor car isn't it;  watch the last step please!  Painted
as M cars they seem to lose much of their character;  painted for PRC and
the camera angle gives 4145 a beautiful if formidable appearance.  Living on
the interurbans I didn't see these cars much and just have vague
recollections of them in the 1940s but none were revenue cars at this time.

Are the doors a modification of the original by PRC?  They look such don't
they.


Phil