City 1700's with Roof Lights

[Kenneth Josephson]

Frederick J Sauerburger MD wrote:

Hi Doc,

No city 1700 was initally placed into service with a roof spotlight. PAT added
roof spotlights to cars as they were repainted or refurbished  during the Early
Action Program. Some PAT gray cars that received repaints just prior to the Early
Action Program and were not slated to receive a mod paint job (initially) simply
had the light applied. This began in mid to late 1972.

BTW, were you referring to the life guard safety fender? :-)      Ken J.

> Gents:
> Just received some HO Pgh Rys 1700 PCC's imported by MTS.
> They are listed as 1725-1799 prototypes, and have the city "thing" (safety
> grate, people catcher?) in front where the interurbans have the pilots.
> BUT, they have roof headlights as well.  Joel showed me some pix of
> prototypes for this rare combination, one in PAT white/red stripe/gray livery.
> Can anyone conveniently get me the numbers of cars with this combination or
> point me to the appropriate reference?
>
> The Grateful Fred