[PRCo] PRCo Windber

[Dwight Long]

Both survived—at least sorta.  The one at ORM is in unknown condition.  It was once rather well restored, but I think you know what has happened there.  Last time I was there it was under tarp and inaccessible.  Jedlika has had the other one for some time and he put a roof over it long ago.  I don’t know what if anything he has done to restore it, though.

Dwight

From: Edward Skuchas 
Sent: Saturday, 30 August, 2014 19:45
To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Windber
Did both Redbirds survive or is this the one from Columbus?
Ed S

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> On Aug 30, 2014, at 7:40 PM, "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Herb
> 
> I responded to this question before, but perhaps the message got lost in the bowels of the server.
> 
> The cars under roof are those of Jedlika, or at least most of them.  The Redbird was always (at least in recent memory) under roof.  Recently (as in the last 2-3 years) several rather large barns have been built on the property and I think all cars formerly outside are now inside.  This is gleaned from “flybys” at 65 mph on I-70.  I have not attempted to get off the expressway and visit the site in person for several years.
> 
> I cannot speak to any cars Ron owns that are not at Buckeye Lake.
> 
> Dwight
> 
> From: Herb Brannon 
> Sent: Saturday, 30 August, 2014 10:42
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Windber
> Dwight,
> Which is under one roof, the Windber rust pile or the Ohio I-70 rust pile?
> 
> The cars near I-70 in Ohio are owned by Ron Jelicka who used to be a member
> of Northern Ohio Railway Museum. The cars were at NORM originally, from
> what I was told. Jelicka (may not be the correct spelling of last name, but
> close enough for identification) had some kind of fight with some other
> NORM people, took his cars and went home. However, home did not have a car
> barn. So they now are an experiment showing how electrochemical processes
> work and act. This scenario was what was told to me by a NORM member.
> However, all stories have two sides. I have not heard the other side to
> date. Jelicka also owns the ex-PAT PCC sitting near the lower level of the
> Detroit-Superior High Level Bridge in Cleveland. I suspect it is rusting
> also. The attached photos of 4006 where taken in 2007.
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> At least they are now all (or mostly) under roof.
>> 
>> Dwight
>> 
>> From: George W. Gula
>> Sent: Friday, 29 August, 2014 08:47
>> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Windber
>> My guess is that this collector was another guy who wanted to establish a
>> trolley museum all by himself, then found out how expensive and
>> labor-intensive such an endeavor really was. There is a lot of now junky
>> cars sitting off I-70 in Ohio that were collected for the ams reason.
>> 
>> George Gula
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 8/28/14 10:03 PM, "Robert Netzlof" <rnetzlof at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On




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