[PRCo] PRCo Windber

[D Brashear]

I hadn't realized before 4006 went to Cleveland that it sat in Columbus

http://rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27357

On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbraninpgh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 8/28/14, Herb Brannon <hrbraninpgh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> 2. What was the purpose of someone amassing this very large collection
> > >>of
> > >> PCC cars then letting them sit in the elements, to rust away?
> > >
> > >Probably the same as the fellow up by Kane who acquired an ex-BR&P
> > >caboose, a box car, and (I think) an RPO; then let them rot beside his
> > >garage.
> > >
> > >Big ideas, little forethought, tiny budget.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob
> > >
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