[PRCo] Re: Photo from Yesterday

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:37:33 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo from Yesterday
> 
> 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!
> 
> 
Mr.Lybarger;


The low-floor trailers were probably popular because of their name as
opposed to high-floor 4145.  It is an impressive car isn't it.

I graduated from high school 1950-51;  while I was out and about on my own
well before that, a trip into Pgh was always a very special treat but not often traveled.
I don't remember seeing the high-floor M-cars on the interurbans;  we had the f-cars
for snow duty and actually 'catching' one of them at work was elusive.
I know many were stored at South hills in Palm garden but I didn't ride
the 38 that often.

I had forgotten these high-floors were 2-man operated;  this certainly doomed
them.  Look forward to more photos as 4145 performs at the museum.

Thank you very much for this information.


Phil


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> > ----- Original Message ----
> 
> > From: Edward H. Lybarger 
> > 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
> > 
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/02-DSC_0101.JPG
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> 
> -----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, May 09, 2009 2:49 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo from Yesterday
> 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