[PRCo] PRC 1630

[Bob Rathke]

For a photo of 1630 at Castle Shannon around 1960, see my post at
http://trolley.dementia.org/brathke/PRC1630-38.JPG

Bob 3/31/02

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 6:43 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: About Car 1630


>
> Good Morning!
>
> > Kenneth Josephson wrote:
>
> > Sometimes I wonder if PAT would have rejected the 1630 had Pittsburgh
Railways
> > installed roof vent/cowl from a retired 1200 or 1400 instead of the
older style type
> > from a 1000 or 1100.
>
> A 1200 trolley cowling was distinctly different from all the others
> ---   it retains the old 100, 1000--1199 cowling and adds the 14, 15, 16
> type in front with a transition piece from one to the other.
> Have wondered the same.
>
> > Were there other "give-aways" that this car was an "oddball" after PRwys
removed the
> > large roof ventilator?
>
> Not that I can think of.
>
> The rejection of 1630 emphasizes  ({[pats]})  abandon trolleycars
> philosophy because the overhaul was not just cosmetic - she also received
> mechanical and electrical tune-up!   She was a stellar performer and
should
> have been kept.
>
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>
> James B. Holland
>
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