[PRCo] South Park

Phillip Clark Campbell pcc_sr at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 5 12:01:45 EDT 2012


Was the single truck car #3 in this photo on display in South Park?
It was a permanent covered out door display for many years,
then suddently disappeared didn't it.
http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/wvp410.htm

It seems we should be able to date the photo.  How many trolleys
make 3.5-miles lined end to end?  Using 46-feet/trolley it
would be more than 400-cars wouldn't it.  It seems this would
include the 20 Kuhlman interurbans at 53--feet each, maybe the
53-feet Brill interurbans as well.  Subtracting out the length of
these 35-interurbans from 3.5-miles leaves 360-cars of 46-feet
in length doesn't it.  Please check my math:


130-High-floor 4000s and 4100s
  20-Kuhlman-interurbanss
200-Double-end low-floor cars
  15-Brill-interurbans

There are 330 of the 46-foot cars in this list.  Do we include the cars from
Beaver and the trailers that were motorized?  It seems this convention
was concurrent with delivery of the 4700s of 1916 or 1917.


Phil




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