[PRCo] Re: Last PRR Pittsburgh - Elrama service

[Fred Schneider]

But they had to have steam heat boilers.  I though they bought a flock of RS2s or RS3s in 1952 to dieselize the Pittsburgh commuter trains.   Washington service may have ended to save buying diesels for it.   If you can find something, then we can amend it.   It wasn't Pittsburgh trolley but I thought you and your Chicago area list member would be happy to read that item.


On Sep 1, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n0IqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EE8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5705%2C2405225
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>> Note:   I think there is an error in this.   PRR bought diesels in 1952 for the area service.   I don't believe that steam ended there in 1950.
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> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D5AcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4I4EAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh%20smoke%20pennsylvania%20railroad&pg=1702%2C4283860
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> Well, the switching was already dieselized, so it's conceivable the
> *division* was using them in 1950. And I bet I could find out.
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