[PRCo] Re: I miss the Harmony Route...

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Long,

I wish I saw the Pgh Kuhlman cars but they were gone about 6-years
before my birth.  They were combinations as well and longer than any
of the Butler cars.  A few Butler cars were close in length but many
were only 46' or 48'; they always look larger in pictures.  Prc cars, of
course, were single-end.  Handsome cars but also overly fond of
electricity weren't they?  Heavy as well; they would do a real number
on track and special work in addition to increasing electricity
costs significantly.


Phil






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> From: Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net>
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
>Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 5:16 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: I miss the Harmony Route...
> 
>Phil
>
>That is not so far fetched.  Every photo I’ve seen of a Harmony Route interurban, even of the Gunboats, shows a combination car.  A bicycle could easily have been stowed in the baggage compartment.  Also, Harmony cars were two man right to the end so there was no problem with sufficient “person power” to hoist a bike up into the baggage compartment and to lower it back down to the ground. Probably even a small motorcycle could have been accommodated. But I’m assuming that Derrick’s bike is a pedal bike, not a motor bike.
>
>Perhaps Derrick will tell us more about his rides on those cars.  Before my time, unfortunately, although I’ve seen plenty of remains of the line.
>
>Dwight
>