No wood cars in Penn Station?

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The Hudson River tunnel, Marty! And there was probably a New York City
ordinance regarding fire hazard. That is why New York Central and New Haven
had to run electrics into Grand Central.   Jim

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Subject: No wood cars in Penn Station?

Hello, Jim -

I'll play the dummy and ask how steel cars are related to Penn
Station. I'm going to -guess- that wooden cars were prohibited because
of the fire hazard in such an enclosed space. Is this the case?

- Marty Swartz

[Jim Nichols said:]

> Supplemental information: Dad’s records show them as 1000 and 1001, class

RC, and 1002-1005 as class RD, built Pullman 1910 and purchased from the
Pennsylvania. The mystery is: how long did PRR own them, since N&W bought
them the same year they were built? .... In any event, PRR was buying steel
cars because of the new Penn Station in New York, so were happy to unload
these almost new wood cars.      Jim Nichols
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