[PRCo] Re: 1711

[Fred Schneider]

Home from vacation ... hurridly scanning 198 e-mails.  Sorry if I'm wasting
your time answering this twice.

The postwar PCC cars did not have a cover over the tow bar socket like the
1936 car did.   It has been properly restored.

Ken & Tracie wrote:

> I never did ask why the Adtranz crew never restored the sheet metal
> skirting below the front anti climber. I know Pittsburgh Railways and PAT
> removed the center of the front skirting throughout the service life of
> the cars and also trimmed away the center of the truck opening skirting
> below the "belt" rail on most, if not all, of the remaining PCCs by the
> time they were retired.
>
> I see that 1711's side skirting is fully restored. If PTM was going for a
> 1949 look, complete with the original style headlight and gold front
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