Is this at the museum?

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

Jim Holland wrote:

>         The only other difference might be a conductors stand but from an
> internal shot I have of one of the 11s, I don't see a difference in
> seating arrangement, PRCo did not make any body changes (except to make
> full width anti-climbers on many 10s and 11s - don't remember what 1138
> has now).

I saw it in September and took several pictures of it. It does not have the full
width anti-climber.

>         What do you consider early?  One might also ask, why did trolleycar
> service disappear so early from many cities?  Maybe that is the reason
> that many did not lose their Golden Glo headlights!

I consider less than ten years early, especially when some cars remained in service
for twenty five or thirty years with their Golden-Glo lights.

>         The name of the headlamp kind of gives them away - the Golden Glo
> identified the trolleycar but provided little illumination for the
> operator as compared to a sealed beam headlamp.

This makes sense. The liability factor could outweigh the cost of retro-fitting four
hundred cars with better equipment. But I do wonder how the pre-PCC interurbans ever
made the trip at night without a naval surplus spotlight attached to the roof? :-)
Ken J.