[PRCo] Re: South Park

[Edward H. Lybarger]

This is the same car that was on display at South Park and is now at PTM.
The low-floor car sure looks like a 4700 to me.

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Clark Campbell
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 12:02 PM
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Subject: [PRCo] South Park

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