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<DIV><FONT size=4>Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Unless they had purchased a set or sets of trucks with “real”
PCC wheels prior to MBTA going to the dreaded solid wheels. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=trams2@comcast.net
href="mailto:trams2@comcast.net">Edward H. Lybarger</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 19 July, 2013 10:21</DIV>
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href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">'Western PA Trolley
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in
Museum</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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suspect they regauged the original trucks...my photos from late summer<BR>1970
show that the car sits on resilient wheels. MBTA had gotten away
from<BR>them by that point, and was running PCCs on solid steel wheels. So
you<BR>couldn't just swap in a set of Boston trucks and have any
authenticity.<BR><BR>Ed<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org<BR>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org]
On Behalf Of John<BR>Swindler<BR>Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:37 AM<BR>To:
Western PA Trolley discussion<BR>Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in
Museum<BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>We tend to use the term 're-gauge',
which implies modifying the original<BR>trucks. But suspect it would be a
lot cheaper to swap for trucks that are<BR>already standard gauge. In the
end, same difference - 1440 is operable on<BR>Seashore track, only quicker and
cheaper. <BR> <BR>PTM has the opposite problem - finding broad gauge
trucks to fit under<BR>standard gauge equipment without going to expense of
re-gauging. I suspect<BR>the Boston dump car is an example. However,
the open car did not lend<BR>itself to an easy expedient.
<BR> <BR>Never paid much attention to re-gauging issues until the Trolley
Fare<BR>accounts on work that had to be done for several recent PTM
acquisitions. <BR> <BR><BR> <BR>> From:
dwightlong@verizon.net<BR>> To:
pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 03:20:42
-0400<BR>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in Museum<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> John<BR>> <BR>> Perhaps so they could operate it on their
standard gauge track? What am I<BR>missing in this question?<BR>>
<BR>> Dwight<BR>> <BR>> From: John Swindler<BR>> Sent: Thursday, 18
July, 2013 21:51<BR>> To: Western PA Trolley discussion<BR>> Subject: Re:
[PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in Museum<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> huh,
Fred???<BR>> <BR>> Alan Pegler never had a Royal Scot. Those
were London-Midland-Scottish<BR>4-6-0 types used on the West Coast main
line. The first one - #6100 Royal<BR>Scot has been preserved.
<BR>> <BR>> The "Flying Scotsman" is an A-3 class London and
Northeastern 'pacific'<BR>type loco used on the East Coast main
line.<BR>> <BR>> The only similarity is that both made trips to US,
but neither you nor I<BR>ever saw the Royal Scot in this country - it's US visit
was during 1930s.<BR>> <BR>> As for PRC 1440, finding this link
falls into the category of just dumb<BR>luck. Any reason Seashore would
re-gauge the PRC trucks rather than use an<BR>extra set of Boston PCC
trucks????<BR>> <BR>>
http://www.trolleymuseum.org/collection/browse.php?id=01440SPA<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > From:
fwschneider@comcast.net<BR>> > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:49:27
-0400<BR>> > To: pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>> >
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in Museum<BR>> > <BR>> >
Here is a link to 1440 on Seashore's web site.<BR>> > <BR>> >
http://www.trolleymuseum.org/collection/browse.php?id=01440SPA<BR>> >
<BR>> > I have no idea what shape it is in today. Remember when Alan
Pegler's<BR>Royal Scot (4472) was running in the U. S.
A? I think it is called the<BR>Flying Scotsman today and there
is a joke on line about renaming it after<BR>the prime minister by simply
removing the F from the name. <BR>> > <BR>> > Well, I think
that might have been about 1969. I went up on the Night<BR>Clunker
from Philly to Providence and met Bill Middleton (the Navy had him<BR>in
Newport, RI then) and we spent the weekend chasing a British steam engine<BR>and
riding trolleys at Seashore. That was the only time I saw 1440 and
it<BR>looked pretty good them. I have been up that way one or
two times since<BR>but I didn't see it out.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > On Jul 18, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Edward H. Lybarger
wrote:<BR>> > <BR>> > > It was operable at that time. I
presume it still is...can't find a<BR>photo of it -- or most other cars -- on
their website.<BR>> > > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
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