[PRCo] Re: South Park
Phillip Clark Campbell
pcc_sr at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 5 15:47:52 EDT 2012
Mr.Lybarger,
I can not find the roster online at the museum site. Is it discontinued?
Phil
>________________________________
> From: Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
>To: "pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 3:26 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: South Park
>
>Thank you Mr.Lybarger. I never knew this car was preserved. I shall
>check the museum website for more information.
>
>Phil
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>>Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 2:51 PM
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: South Park
>>
>>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.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
>>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
>>Clark Campbell
>>Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 12:02 PM
>>To: Pittsburgh-List
>>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
>
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