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<DIV><FONT size=4>Well, back in the day we used to call operating cars with
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<DIV><FONT size=4>So, must be prototypical!</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=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Herb Brannon via
Pittsburgh-railways</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 11 October, 2014 13:15</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [PRCo] Bowser HO PATransit PCC 1630</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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it looks like PRCo PCC 1600 in the Mod-Desire paint, it's not too<BR>bad a
model. Bowser had added a couple little things such as the roof<BR>mounted
searchlight and a selector switch on the bottom to move between<BR>two-rail and
overhead operation without adding extra wires from the trolley<BR>pole to the
motor. The unit is, however, no where near what 1630 actually<BR>looked like
when I operated that car. Like I said, it looks like PRCo 1600<BR>with the
Mod-Desire paint. It also has square-windowed folding doors rather<BR>than
curved-windowed "blinker" doors.<BR><BR>Given the success of Bowsers' motor
unit, which first appeared in 1999, I<BR>am wondering why that same motor now
makes so much noise. It sounds like a<BR>coffee grinder. This even after oiling
of the motor and gears. I'm afraid<BR>that Bowser is moving from a scale-model
line of products to a "tinplate"<BR>line of products.This was reinforced by
Bowser management when they<BR>recently stopped the sale of the complete PCC
motor and chassis units. The<BR>reason given was that "too many people are just
buying motors and putting<BR>them in our old trolley bodies". I should think
that a business would want<BR>to sell as many items as possible as long as they
were making money on<BR>them. Apparently Bowser doesn't think so.<BR><BR>Anyway,
here are a couple photos of my PATransit 1630, which
arrived<BR>today.<BR><BR>-- <BR>*Herb Brannon*<BR><BR>*In
Pittsburgh...........A City and*<BR><BR><BR>*..........................A State
of Mind *<BR><BR>*Let's Go Steelers*<BR><BR>*Let's Go Pens
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