40 revival/50 Carson St

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Wed Mar 15 19:53:38 EST 2000


Charles Brown wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> 
> Yeah, Jedlicka is the owner of those Pittsburgh (and other) PCC's in
> Ohio.

I saw a photo of them somewhere. I think he also has some SHRT PCCs,
too.
> 
> And you're right about the Newark and Muni PCC 's being too wide.  I
> forgot that Pittsburgh could only use slim-fast cars.  Although it would
> be exciting to see two fat PCC's coming at each other!

I suppose you could use wide PCCs on Carson Street with curb trackage.
:-) 
> 
> BTW, are there any bodies of the older (aka REAL!) streetcars around
> that could be restored?

Why not just use Gomaco repops?
> 
> Oh, and don't forget that you'd need workcars (line cars, snow plows and
> sweepers, etc) to maintain the line.  None of this hi-railing truck cr*p
> for a heritage line!

Hey, if I have to bury my feeder cables, then you can't have your work
cars. So there. :-) Ken J.



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