Track Switch Control ...MOST LIKELY, crazy question, but...

Fred W. Schneider III fschnei at supernet.com
Mon Apr 3 07:53:35 EDT 2000


Some of the earlier PCCs had a hand brake wheel mounted mounted at right angle to the
vertical shaft ... look at the Pittsburgh 1138 at Arden for an example.

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> mrb190 wrote:
> >
> > I have what is probably a smeared-up recollection of boarding a PCC with my
> > grandfather now and again, and seeing a "steering wheel" on the dash.....   Was
> > there ever such a call for this on a PCC?   Or is the imaginings of a child of 5 or
> > 6?   I don't think I dreamed it.   Maybe we were boarding a bus...who knows.
>
> Perhaps it was a GMC "Old Look" coach. They did resemble PCCs. Ken J.




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