[PRCo] Re: West Carson Street curves

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Thank you, Mr.Brannon.  They are live cars moving under
their own power with regular operators.

Phil




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 From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:12 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Carson Street curves
 
During PATransit PCC days, which were almost the same as PRCo PCC days, all
extra "work" car runs were "picked runs" just like at PRCo. The Line Car,
Weed Car, etc were picked runs. The operators who picked these (and they
were all former PRCo Interurban Division guys) wore maintenance uniforms,
not the "dress" uniform worn by regular passenger service operators. Work
cars were usually "dirty" work, hence the work uniform. I'm confident that
this was true in PRCo days also.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 19:15, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I don't understand this statement by Mr.Gula:
> "...moved shop cars to and from Homewood using a tow car,..."
>
> "Dead" cars is obvious isn't it but not functioning TrolleyCars.
> I expect operating cars to move on their own.  I have witnessed
> cars on Grant go straight thru at Liberty toward Homewood.  I
> have also seen PCC Interurbans return via Penn, 11th and on.
> The people operating these cars were wearing shop clothes,
> not operator uniform.  I did see an "operator" on a PCC Interurban
> inbound on Forbes which caught me as strange until I remembered
> access from eastbound Frankstown was severed.  I have
> pictures but finding them is a chore isn't it.
>
> Phil