[PRCo] Re: Double End Low Floor Cars

[Ken and Tracie]

I also have at least one, taken by R. Hill.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:22 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Double End Low Floor Cars


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> There are some pix of M134 at the scrap track off of Warrington Ave. along 
> with several PCC cars in the process of being dismembered, on Dave's Rail 
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>> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:48:18 +0000
>> From: bobrathke at comcast.net
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Double End Low Floor Cars
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>> Attached is a photo I took of PAT paint car  M-134 (former  PRC  5432), 
>> at Tunnel CH on April 4, 1965.
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>> PCC 1446  doesn't have a PAT sti cker on the side, indicating that it was 
>> probably a PRC car.
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>> Bob
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>> From: "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net>
>> To: "Pittsburgh Railways" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:34:04 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Double End Low Floor Cars
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>> Fred
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>> Actually not all were scrapped in 1956.  One was saved-5432-and converted 
>> into the paint car to replace a DE car formerly in that assignment. I 
>> don't know when the (ex-5432) was scrapped, but not 1956.
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>> Dwight
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>> From: Fred Schneider
>> Sent: Saturday, 18 February, 2012 10:35
>> To: Pittsburgh Railways
>> Subject: [PRCo] Double End Low Floor Cars
>> From Hamley:
>> There are many PRCo assignment sheets in the archives.  I gave Ed all 
>> that I had some time ago.
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>> I do have roster info here, including the scrap dates for virtually every 
>> car.  After the 1954 strike there were a handful of lowfloors kept for 
>> two more years.  The last were scrapped in 8/56.  As for the two cars 
>> specifically asked about, 4366 went to storage 5/27/53 and was scrapped 
>> at Ingram 7/23/53.  4393 went to storage 12/6/53 and was scrapped at 
>> Ingram 5/18/56.  Of the various 4350 series cars the only ones that 
>> lasted until 1956 were 4373, 4388, and 4393-4399.  Of course all of those 
>> were "high speed" cars, so converted in 1941 according to PRCo ledgers. 
>> All the rest were gone by late 1953.
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>> http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/PAT134-5432-040465.JPG
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