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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