[PRCo] Southern Cambria

[DF Cramer]

A friend is doing some research on the Southern Cambria and asked me to do some editing on his work. Some of his ancestors were involved in the August 1916 wreck.Rohrbeck states the Niles interurban cars used 600 volts in Johnstown & Ebensburg, but 1200 out on the line. Can anyone substantiate that?
My friends source for the voltage issue in Johnstown came from the Sept. 3rd issue of 
Electric Railway Journal. Also, Corbis Images has stock photography on line 
titled "Southern Cambria Railway Tracks Through Johnstown" which appears to show 
the overhead intersection with the electrical box on a wooden pole. It wouldn't 
surprise me if at some point the voltage was lowered to 600 volts. Probably a 
relatively simple conversion. Does anyone know of any quality images, other than what Rohrbeck has, of the wreck of August 1916? Thanks
Dennis F. Cramer 
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