[PRCo] Anyone know anything about this PRCo trolley?

[Herb Brannon]

Thanks. I'll pass this on to Vancouver.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> Herb
> 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 -----
> >
> > 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.
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> >
> >
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