Speaking of Air Brakes on 1600 B-2s and B-3s

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Fred Schneider wrote:

> I'll have to go back and look at original pictures of 1200s ... I was under
> the impression that they came from the factory with drums.  I'll check.

	I think the PTM publication *Pittsburgh Trolley Pictorial* has a photo
of a 1200 (maybe 1200 itself) being off-loaded from a flat car at
Millvale and it clearly has the wheel-tread brake shoes.  I have a photo
of 1204 as a brand new car on Brookline (MD McCarter #N10654) and it has
wheel tread brake shoes.
	The only air cars which came with drums instead of wheel-tread brake
shoes were the 1600s.
	FOUND!  Cliff Scholes photo #PGH-0162 has 1215 still sitting on a
flat-car and the trucks are clearly visible and the car has wheel-tread
brake shoes.

James B. Holland
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