[PRCo] West Penn Cars at PTM

[Edward H. Lybarger]

It is unlikely that we will rebuild a 700 with magnetic brakes, though they
could be fabricated from the drawings on hand.  Such a car would present an
instruction and operations nightmare in an otherwise air brake fleet (ST
sweepers excepted).  So the static exhibit appears the logical way to go for
739.  722's major resource is its complete toilet.

832 is basically unchanged in the last 22 years...it's a kit, waiting for
skill and money to get interested in it.  If that all came together, it
could run with about two years' work.

Maybe over the winter I'll open some more drawings; if the 280s appear, I'll
advise.

Ed

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Greg
King
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:21 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Johnstown also



Hi Ed,

Thanks, hope you can find a set of the 200's, as for the Spittoons on the
700's, matbe when I get around to building a 700!!! By the way, am I correct
in recalling someone saying that one of the 700 bodies you have will
probably only ever be a static exhibit and the other for parts, that's a
shame, whilst I understand the complexities and costs of the restoration,
they were such a classic car, they surely deserve to run. At what stage is
832 these days, they were certainly a handsome car too.

Thanks again
Greg

> We have a lot of West Penn drawings in the PTM library, but many have not
> yet been unrolled.  I can't say whether or not we have this one or not.
But
> I can tell you all about the spittoons for the 700s!
>