Your attention is called to this entry by Frank Hicks on his Preserved Traction blog. Can anyone shed further light on the collection of hulks described in Frank’s post?

https://pnaerc.blogspot.com/2021/02/the ... y.html?m=1

Thank you,

Wesley

These have been moldering there for c.20 years. The problem is that too many PCCs are in this status; needing a caring home. There are nice ones going begging, let along battered hulks like these. The specie has been "over-collected" and the grim reaper is slowly but surely rectifying the matter.

The oxygen bottle near the first car kind of tells the story.

Yes, PCCs in general were an over-preserved group. They are often worth more in parts than as intact cars.

Perhaps better to put the effort towards starting planning on saving an Amtrak P40 and a P42 in the next year or so as the Siemans Chargers come on-line to displace them. I know they are not traction related, but it's still preservation, and something we very well could miss out on completely (see the P30CH). Even a shell without guts or traction motors is better than nothing, although certainly not optimal. I think most of us would have settled for a preserved NYC Hudson in any shape.

Gone.

Photo yesterday, from James Pero to Facebook group "PCC Trolley Enthusiasts":