[PRCo] Re: Interesting item on eBay-CompuServe web site item#1780459067: HO DIE CAST PCC 1000KIT WITH POWER TRUCKS

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> macmarka at cs.com wrote:

> At first glance(because of the paint scheme) looks like a PAT 1600
> (later renumbered 1700)series car.   It can't be because of the small
> cowling. Can't be a 1000 or 1100 series because of the paint.
> My question, What the He** is it?           M. McGuire

	It is an PRCo  *similar*  PCC for the  1000--1199  series.   The
small trolley-cowling and air scoops at the trucks give it away.
	Note that this is listed as a kit   ---   how an individual
paints such a kit is a personal decision.
	The  *Pennsylvania--Scale--Models*  (now Browser, or Bowser, or
something like that)  HO PCC was probably the first to hit the
market (All-Electric patterned after Philly) and anyone who
wanted such a model for about 20-years had to buy this and either
modify it or paint it to look like their favorite prorotype or
free-lance line.   That's all there was for several decades!
	It was Much Later when the air cars came along - some in brass
by Suydam if I am not mistaken and maybe one or two others.  
Thing the Brits even produced an HO PCC.   And when air cars are
made, it always seems to be the oldest ones first.
	With just very few exceptions, SPTC in "O"--Scale is the very
first to produce Operator Specific models with every possible
detail and Many Modifications.

	Interesting to note that the Corgi All-Electric PCC is modeled
after the Philly like the P-A--Scale--Models car.   And the Corgi
is a perfect example of the past here in the present   ---   ALL 
Corgi PCCs, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and whatever, are the very
same basic Philly model with property specific paint.   The roof
monitor was added for PRCo but it is an extremely bad
representation!

> Title of item:  HO DIE CAST PCC 1000 KIT WITH POWER TRUCKS
> Seller: gsm660
> Starts: Oct-22-02 14:45:01 PDT
> Ends:   Oct-29-02 13:45:01 PST
> Price:  Starts at $70.00
> To bid on the item, go to:      http://cgi.compuserve.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1780459067

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James B. Holland

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