[PRCo] Re: Jones DE Cars on Rt. 56B

[John Swindler]

 Hi Dwight Recently stumbled across a list (long overdue clean up) of ten low floor cars retained for emergency purposes.  One was 5432.  Another was 5400.  Probably a PERC roster. Suspect as PRC customers took steps to protect their livelihood from another trolley strike (buy a car) within 1 or 2 schedule changes, an increasing number of excess PCC cars could fulfill the function of an emergency car fleet.    Low speed cars on 56B would interfer with PCC and high speed service on Second Ave.   > From: dwightlong at verizon.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Jones DE Cars on Rt. 56B
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:39:08 -0400
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> John
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> It appears I only photted one DE car on 56B—it was 4397, in April of 1953. 56B had only a month or so left at that time—its total life span was about six months.  I think there were at least two cars required to run the route, maybe even three.
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> I made a mistake in my earlier comment about the ten or so DE Jones cars that were speeded up.  That took place earlier than I had stated.  What happened near the end of the Jones car era was that some, AIR ten, of the speeded up DE cars were kept for the reserve which I mentioned.
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> Dwight
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