[PRCo] Anyone know anything about this PRCo trolley?

[Herb Brannon]

So I guess we're back to where we were when I first posted
this............we know nothing.


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> I would agree with Bob.  The sacks contain some kind of bulk commodity.
>  The
> mail sacks I knew were larger and were made of heavy canvas, but that's not
> to say they were like that in 1905.  The higher-res image shows marvelous
> detail.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Netzlof
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:23 PM
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Anyone know anything about this PRCo trolley?
>
> On 3/20/14, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I took the time to download the big file...what a difference!
> >
> > But I think the carriage is north of the trolley, and is turning to go
> > around it or is turning into the area where the other wagon is parked.
> > It still looks like the trailer with the sacks is attached to the
> > electric car.
> >
> > Would some others please take a look?
>
> I did, I think I agree with the foregoing. What I question is the idea that
> those sacks are mail sacks.
>
> It looks to me as if the contents of the sacks are grain or flour or
> something with less structure than small packages or bundles of letters.
> Note how the "ears" at the bottom of the sacks are filled out, and the
> roundedness of the body of the sacks. I would think that mail would show us
> corners and edges here and there rather than the smooth surfaces those
> sacks
> exhibit.
>
> Then again, I may be unduly influenced by the legend for some brand of
> flour
> displayed on the one wagon.
>
> --
> Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob
>
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