PRC Roof Headlights

[Fred W. Schneider III]

EHL can correct me when he returns, but I believe PRC headlights were surplus
military equipment ... the price was apparently right!

brathke at juno.com wrote:

> Thanks, Harold, for your comments and the transit update list.  Could you
> put me on the mailing list for future updates?  My job takes me all over
> the country, and I carry a camera along to photograph rail subjects, but
> sometimes I don't hear about potential photo subjects until I return
> home.
>
> I was in Colorado last week and saw as much as I could in five days, but
> there was a lot going on in the state that I didn't get to ride: Royal
> Gorge train, Denver Ski Train, Durango & Silverton, C&T Scenic and
> (later) the Georgetown Loop RR.  The state is just to big and mountainous
> to see everything in a week.  I have been impressed with the fast, quiet
> service provided by Denver's light rail.  And, I wasn't joking when I
> said that the roof headlights on Denver LRVs look like the roof
> headlights on PRC 1700 interurbans - PRC must have found a good headlight
> design in 1949 that was 40 years ahead of its time!
>
> I have a large loop trip over the next couple of weeks - Chicago to
> Atlanta to Philadelphia to Buffalo.
>
> Bob 5/26
>
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>
> On Sun, 21 May 2000 17:39:41 -0400 Harold Geissenheimer
> <transitmgr at worldnet.att.net> writes:
> > Greetings to Bob
> >
> > I enjoyed reading your Denver notes and the comments
> > about out of state visits.
> >
> > FYI: See my report on transit opening dates that I
> > am sending you.  Denver is still scheduled for July 14.
> >
> > Harold Geissenheimer
> >
> > brathke at juno.com wrote:
> >
> > > After reading these exchanges, I hesitated making some comments on
> > my
> > > trip to Denver last week, but here goes. I'll go out of my way to
> > relate
> > > my observations to Pittsburgh topics:
> > >
> > > 1. I noted that LRV street turnouts in Denver are railroad-style -
> > both
> > > points move (there recently were some questions on the Pittsburgh
> > list
> > > about trolley track turnouts).
> > >
> > > 2. Roof headlights on the Denver cars look a LOT like the roof
> > headlights
> > > on PRC 1700 interurban cars.  Does some transit component supplier
> > still
> > > have the mold from the 1949 headlights???
> > >
> > > 3. Denver streets feature "stealth" catenary poles and rigging -
> > about
> > > 1/10th as visible as PAT's industrial-strength catenary supports.
> > >
> > > 4. The Colorado RR Museum in Golden has a fantastic book store,
> > including
> > > trolley and out-of-print titles; they'll send you a catalog of the
> > books
> > > they have.  I bought a copy of Harold Smith's 1992 book, "Touring
> > > Pittsburgh by Trolley".
> > >
> > > Now I must congratulate myself on how I related these Colorado
> > items to
> > > Pittsburgh!
> > >
> > > Bob 5/16
> > >
> > > On Fri, 12 May 2000 16:50:07 -0400 (EDT) SaturnV at webtv.net (Bob
> > Schmidt)
> > > writes:
> > > > WOW!  Does this mean that those of us on the list who may have
> > > > vacationed outside the State, and who have traction-related
> > > > information
> > > > or a nice story to share cannot, because of location relevancy?
> > > >
> > > > I've not seen too much "outside" material since I've been on the
> > > > list,
> > > > and only when references were made for identifying with local
> > > > equipment
> > > > for the sake of comparison.
> > > >
> > > > Fred Schneider's material reads like a travelog which I find
> > > > entertaining. It's pleasure, not business, and a nice break from
> > > > some of
> > > > the ongoing chatter about local matters. Far as I'm concerned,
> > if
> > > > you
> > > > don't like out-of-town material
> > > > there's a delete key on your hardware. Leave it at that.
> > > >
> > > > As a suggestion.....Perhaps it would be appropriate for Derrick
> > B.
> > > > to
> > > > post a reminder for those of us on the List re policies of the
> > PRC
> > > > Chat
> > > > Site so everyone is on the same page.
> > > > If worse comes to worse, vote on it. After all, we're a
> > democratic
> > > > body
> > > > of enthusiasts, are we not?
> > > >
> > > > Bob S.
> > >
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