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

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I seem to recall such a critter.

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Rathke
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:44 PM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: WHAT IS Your Favorite Mod PAT Scheme???????



Didn't this first rebuild also have a small fold-down table between two of
the
seats?  Maybe there were two such tables on the car. For card playing or
eating
lunch?

Bob 7/16/01


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John Swindler wrote:

> 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!
> >
> >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
> >
> >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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