[PRCo] Re: More PRCo Trivia

[Herb Brannon]

I checked many St Louis Car Co "builders photos" of PRCo PCCs and found
that PRCo was the REAL "transits' stepchild", not the trackless trolley
bus.
Every other property in the US and Canada received their PCCs with
destination signs except Pittsburgh. To me that would seem like going to a
shoe store and getting a 40-cent reduction in the cost of a $125.00 pair of
shoes by not getting the laces and reusing your old ones. It just doesn't
seem practical especially when the destination sign was part of the price
of the car. In 1949, 15 to 20 feet of canvas, two strips of copper edging,
some black printers ink, and the screen-printing would not have been that
much to really fill the PRCo treasury with loads of money. Also the PCCs in
the SLCC builders photos appear to have the Earll Trolley Retrievers
installed. Maybe PRCo removed them and returned them for a couple dollars
of credit. Talk about being cheap !!

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Most cars were delivered without signs weren't they.  A number
> of photos are attached as evidence.  I believe Mr.Lybarger
> wrote this reduces cost.  Signs, fare boxes, fare registers,
> and a number of other items are installed upon delivery.  Cars
> were sent to Homewood where they were inspected, these and
> other items installed, and then sent to a barn.  It appears the
> catcher is another item installed after delivery doesn't it.
> Signs in Pittsburgh contain destinations only for the barn not
> the whole system.  It is easier to make that determination after
> delivery isn't it.
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> Phil
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> ________________________________
>  From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:36 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: More PRCo Trivia
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> I thought of that too. 1794 and 1796 with such different spellings on one
> aspect and yet the destination signs were installed at St. Louis Car
> Company prior to shipping.
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM, BobDietrich <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net
> >wrote:
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> > But how did they manage to get different roll signs in the
> > same series car two numbers apart?
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park