[PRCo] Re: Modelling Seasons

Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Sun May 20 15:58:16 EDT 2001


> Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

> Why not?  I'm not sure I know how to make the snow on the roof of the
> trolley melt and reappear as it goes from season to season?????  Correct
> that problem and you've got it made.

	How about if the trolleycars do not have snow on them at all - just
went thru the wash rack!!

	Now, how to get rid of all thos icicles!!!!!!!(:->)

> It goes along with taking a Boston double-end PCC and placing the seats
> in two configurations, the Boston way on one end and the Dallas way on
> the other.  And painting one side and end for Boston and the other in
> red and cream for Dallas.  I think it's a great way to show what
> happened in second hand sales.  Also a nice way to have both cars for
> half the money.

	Not a bad idea.  We already place one destination on one end and side
another on the other end and side - same could be done with numbers!! 
And I don't look inside that closely!!

>  But don't tell the boys at Seashore who "need" more
> PCCs than Johnstown Traction ever had.  To them it is sacrilegious.

	SF has looked at some of their  *excess*  PCCs, specifically ex-Dallas,
for use here!!

>> Jim Holland wrote:

>>         What do you think about modelling 2-or more seasons on the same layout,
>> specifically a PRCo layout so we are not talking about a line running
>> over the Rockies and into the Plains!!??

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