[PRCo] PRCo Route72

[Bob Rathke]

I watched the first westbound train to leave Penn St ation on that bridge in 1955 - the Afternoon Steeler to Cleveland. 

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From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net> 
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:26:38 PM 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo  Route72 

Anyone else would have bought a 4-8-4.    Change that.   Anyone else with brains would have bought a diesel.   Think of NP, GN, Southern, ACL, SAL, ATSF, even Reading … all those who proved during WW2 how well EMD's product worked. 



On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Dwight Long wrote: 

> 
> Bob 
> 
> Done so that T1 locos would not stall leaving the station westbound.  The rigid frame caused the drivers to bind up on the curve, and most westbound trains with T1s had to be assisted by a snapper to get out of the station. 
> 
> Of course before the project was finished, so were the T1s. 
> 
> Dwight 
> 
> From: Bob Rathke 
> Sent: Thursday, 11 July, 2013 12:55 
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Route72 
> That bridge from the PRR station to the 6-track double-deck bridge over the Allegheny River was replaced by the current bridge (with a more gradual curve) in the spring of 1955.   
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Raymond Lattner" <rlattner at pa.gov> 
> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion (pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org)" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:22:33 AM 
> Subject: [PRCo] PRCo  Route72 
> 
> Attached is a pic of route 72 Bloomfield car. Penn ave. downtown. 
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> Ray 
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