[PRCo] Re: 1613 -- 1614

Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Mon Jun 11 22:31:10 EDT 2001


> Jim Holland wrote:

>         Pictures on pgs.132--133 of  *PCC The Car That Fought Back*  show the
> experimental B-3 trucks as applied to 1230 and 1278 with wheel tread
> brakes.  The very bottom photo of pg.132 and very top left photo of
> pg.133 show the experimental B-3s as adapted for interurban use  --
> sans wheel tread brakes.  And the photo on the bottom of pg.133 shows
> the OB-type retriever centered below the rear windows on 1614, County
> Line Siding, Washington line.

	And the photo on the bottom-left of pg.177 of  *PCC From Coast to
Coast*  shows 1613 with her Earll retriever offset below the windows
toward the right.  It is also mounted with the rope opening toward the
left side rather than the top, as was done later!

>         Just thinking of PRCo days  --  not beyond.

-- 
James B. Holland




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