PRC oddities (fwd)

[Kenneth Josephson]

Jim Holland wrote:

>         Pullman Standard PCCs themselves were like Velveeta Cheexe Boxes on
> wheels!  I used to use those boxes for PCCs when I was quite small!
>         The PE roof-line seemed quite nice - maybe the wider car de-emphasized
> the roof line.

The nicest looking P-S PCCs (in my opinion) were the 310 built for CTA. The Birmingham
cars weren't too bad looking, either. And the MTA Picture Window cars were approaching
the 1700s..... There were P-S fans who claimed the P-S PCCs *appeared* to be more
substantially built due to their boxy styling.

> > The St. Louis versions with their low-slung,
> > older style box ventilators were much more attractive. Look at the 1949 Red Arrow
> > suburban cars like PTM's 24, Muni's "Magic Carpet and Torpedoes and Illinois
> > Terminal's PCCs. Much nicer lines.
>
>         The roof lines would look even better *without* the box ventilators -
> much cleaner, more streamlined, smoother.

True....I was merely pointing out that the ventilators used on St. Louis double ended
bodies were the lessor of two evils (i.e., as opposed to the Dallas and PE cars with
the two large cowls.)

>
>         What is it they say?!  --  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?!
>
> > I wonder how a 1700 would look as a double ender?
>
>         I thought you would have produced one by now with your computer
> graphics!  Are you still working on it?

I'm still trying to get my friend Cliff to do the feeder cable bracket drawings to send
to Q-Car! He thought they were mailbox holders! :-)

Ken J.