[PRCo] Anyone know anything about this PRCo trolley?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I had a chance yesterday to try and research this.  Really the only detail
about the mail cars comes from a 1983 publication by Lloyd Booth entitled
"The Street Railway Post Offices of Pittsburgh," part of a larger series
covering the nation.  It centers on local routings and RPO cancellations,
and says nothing about how the mail was moved from railroad stations to the
General Post Office then on Smithfield Street.

The PRCo roster books list only car M245 as a mail car.  This was formerly
Consolidated Traction 901;  there was a sister car 900 that apparently
wasn't needed for the purpose after the great consolidation.  I became M246
but was not used for mail.

So while the record available shows nothing, I think the photo was a
learning experience... they were certainly towing a trailer full of mail?
sacks somewhere from West Carson Street.  It could have been mail from P&LE
headed to the GPO.

Ed

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Brannon
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:18 PM
To: Western PA Trolley discussion
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Anyone know anything about this PRCo trolley?

Find anything?


On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 2:49 PM, <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> This photo has been around for a couple days, Herb.  It's been 
> suggested that this car was pulling flat cars loaded with mail between 
> the P&LE station and the post office or one of the other RR stations.
> I'm out of town at meetings and don't have access to a roster or a 
> mail car history, so I can't comment with any authority.  I'll look 
> Tuesday (before next week's meetings!).
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 2:13:08 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Anyone know anything about this PRCo trolley?
>
> Click on the link to see a "Shorpy" photo of a PRCo work trolley on 
> Carson at Smithfield Sts. My friend, Angus McIntyre of Vancouver, BC, 
> sent it to me. He was wondering what the car was used for. Anyone have any
ideas?
>
> http://www.shorpy.com/node/17083
>
> Angus placed the first comment and was answered by comments explaining 
> anything and everything except what was wanted. Look at the "closeup" 
> of the trolley below the full photo for better detail.
> --
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