Earll Ad
Kenneth Josephson
kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Mon Nov 6 00:31:36 EST 2000
Jim Holland wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> NEGATIVE -- the picture in the ad that Ken provided is a *retriever*
> -- it is not a catcher.
>
> The same identical *retriever* was on the back of 1700--1724,
> 1613--1619, 1645--1648 and 14XX used by WABCo. Notice how deep the
> retriever is - a catcher is much flatter - MUCH flatter.
I'll be darned and stand corrected. In my defense, the *drawing* looks more like a
Pittsburgh catcher when compared to my Dayton trolley coach retrievers. I suppose
"artistic license" has come into play....
So would an Earll trolley coach retriever be larger than a Earll PCC retriever due
to the longer poles, etc.? Ken J.
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