[PRCo] Re: PCC 1695

[Bob Rathke]

I took a photo of 1695 in the snow on 21-Fineview on February  25, 1964.  It has
a V-front.  I may have some earlier photos of this car- I'll have to dig them
out..

Bob 5/30/01

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John F Bromley wrote:

> V fronts in 1961.  1600s  were red from delivery in 1945, some got cream
> hourglass fronts before 1961 when PRC started using Vs and red (often
> different shades) again.  My 1700 list first draft will be available in a
> day or so for those that requested it, air cars later.
>
> I as yet have no date for 1695 V but  I have slides/photos in 1965 with V,
> nmothing earlier.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg King" <tramway at one.net.au>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:51 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] PCC 1695
>
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Perhaps you can help,
> >
> > I have several pictures of 1695 with the V front, here is one of the at
> > http://www.angelfire.com/ny/tramstop/prcroster.html
> >
> > Now in the great video tape "The Northside Lines" it shows the same car
> with
> > a red front, sometime earlier so, which of you clever Pgh fans can tell me
> > when they started painting the V fronts and, more importantly, when did
> 1695
> > get her V front??
> >
> > Cheers
> > Greg
> >
> >