[PRCo] Re: About Car 1630

[Jim Holland]

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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