[PRCo] Re: WHAT IS Your Favorite Mod PAT Scheme???????

[John Swindler]

The flat end design originated due to accident damage.  It was within the 
capabilities of Tunnel car house maintenance personnel to fabricate.

Of course, all of you have noted the similarity to Helsinki????

John



>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: WHAT  IS  Your  Favorite  Mod  PAT  Scheme???????
>Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:06:50 -0700
>
>
>Good Morning!!
>
> > Kenneth Josephson wrote:
>
> > Now to get on topic. I'd like to learn more about the "Mod" paint
> > schemes. Who originated the three "caterpillar" stripes, the initial
> > reactions of the public and
>
>	Believe Harold Geissenheimer's Team produced the banded paint schemes
>of 1971 and later and initial public reaction was quite favorable, esp.
>when Sunburst Trolley 1730 hit the market.  The public could readily
>identify with the Name and Number of the car!!  Quite impressive!(:->)
>
>	1)--It is extremely difficult to pick a favorite, but because the
>Sunburst Trolley  --  1730  --  proclaimed itself so beautifully and
>positively in addition to making excellent PR amongst the public would
>have to be my favorite one.
>	There are so many different cars  --  paint schemes  --  to choose from
>it is very difficult to make a choice.
>	Somewhere right behind this would be the following three.......make it
>four:::::::
>
>	2)--Interurban 1776, ex-1616, because 1616 was so beautifully
>maintained by PRCo, because it is an interurban, because it is the first
>air-car completely overhauled, because of the BiCentennial paint
>scheme!!
>	3)--One of the double-ended interurbans because of a very definite
>attempt to keep service running during disruptions, the uniqueness of
>such an attempt for Pgh., and the good looks of the results.
>	4)--Car 1734  --  the Jolly Trolley  --  because it is  ({[pat]})
>poking fun at itself because of prior management calling railfans::
>"Trolley--Jollies!"
>	5)--Car 1976, the first flat-front car.  While I am an interurban
>afficionado first, I will defer to the first flat front because of its
>number and forward looking style!!
>
>	Choices 1 and 2 are firm  --
>		choices 3--5 could be in any order!!
>
> > A shot of the Tunnel Carhouse yards from the Overbrook right of way,
> > showing the yards jammed with these candy colored creations should have
> > graced the cover of C.E.R.A.'s "Rainbow of Traction" book.
>
>	Several color photos like this appeared in  *Traction--&--Models*  --
>I submitted one, don't know who did the others!
>
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>
>James B. Holland
>
>Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
>     "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company
>         Trolleycars  &  "O"--Scale  Parts  mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
>     Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
>N.M.R.A.  Life member #2190; http://www.mcs.net:80/~weyand/nmra/
>
>

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