[PRCo] Re: Trolley Poles

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> The last I heard, trolley poles hovered around the $100 mark. 
> Is there a later quote?  We (PTM) recently had some line
> poles fabricated from steel that cost around $600 apiece,
> and I would expect that trolley(bus) poles, still in
> production at OB, might be a lot less than a large, custom job.

	OB (Ohio Brass) hasn't been around for about a decade.    Bought and
sold several times in that decade.    Forget the name of the concern
that has the OB line now but SF is not wholly satisfied with OB
products.    Overhead line parts for Trolley Pole Equipment is a slim
market and these items are a sideline to the main business so don't get
the attention nor quality of years past.

	Within the year, Only Historical TrolleyCars and about 60-Flyer Artic
TrolleyCoaches will use the standard OB-type trolley pole; the rest of
the trolleycoach fleet will be German Kiepe Poles.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> Schneider
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:14 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: M1276

> Just thoughts ... no facts.

> Example: trolley poles cost $800 these days. 
> Museums fabricate parts because they have no choice.

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James B. Holland

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