Pittsburgh's Famous 1800s

[Edward G Skuchas]

The winged Pgh logo is available from St P Models.  When you order a kit as I have had for my customers, you get all the decals and almost all route signs.  I took digital photos from an actual logo and emailed them to StP.  I also gave the correct complimentary color which I obtained from photos sent in by other modelers.  (The reproduction emblem on the wall at Arden has a blue interior color which does not match the original emblems.)  The emblems turned out nicely.  I have not received a finished car with one applied to the side as yet.

I did not know that Ed CL Miller made those decals.  I actually saw Mr. Zrust use them in his O scale Pgh PCC article in MR a few years ago.  He would be another domestic source.  Don't know if he has extras.  There are two Zrust brothers.  I believe the one with the decals is in Chicago.  I have a business card somewhere if you need his particulars.  Nice fellows.  I was going to have them printed, but StP does nice graphics work.  So why bother.

Regards,

Edward G. Skuchas, P.E.
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Parsons Energy & Chemicals Group, Inc.
2675 Morgantown Road
Reading, PA 19607
610-855-2532 voice
610-855-2161 fax
edward.g.skuchas at parsons.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Fredbruhn at aol.com 
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 8:19 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Pittsburgh's Famous 1800s


Jim - No one is picking on you.  We all take license in how we model.  Our 
readers will find the 1800 DE PCC under Fantasy Models in their 2001 listing. 
 (SPT)  And as usual it does look great.  I plan to have WP cars serving 
Trafford in 1953 on my pike.  

Dick Keegan used Dupont Automotive paints for the most part and Mary Jane's 
oven for baking the paint on most of the models he painted.  He and Ed Suydam 
were close friends.  He is still kicking in Ark. (he lived his working life 
in Hays, KS. known for nothing) and dabbles in both O and HO, model airplanes 
of his youth again, and is still ticked that Denver Tramways converted to 
bus.  He likes PRCo. like all of us and the only time I think he visited 
Pittsburgh was in the mid 60's driving a motor home.  Pittsburgh, the only 
city where you can make 4 right hand turns and end up lost was a challenge 
for the boat he was driving.  

The winged logo mentioned on Ed's trip to Worthington  is newly made.  Ed 
Miller had them made for his car and he and I corresponded back and forth for 
2 years on one of those decals and I finally gave up.  He is hard to pin 
down, believe he is quite busy.   I may try again since this has come up.

Fred