[PRCo] Re: Butterfly windows on PCCs.

[John F Bromley]

It;'s a new one on me but I suspect they're talking about the windshields on
the 1400-1500 series (and that also appeared on the Boston air cars from
3022 up.  Odd term.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Butterfly windows on PCCs.


> I often wonder how many of these terms originate with railfans ... things
> that the industry may never have or seldom have used ... such as Birney
> car (the industry called them safety cars).  And the safety features went
> back to an earlier effort between Bosenbury of Illinois Traction and
> Westinghouse Air Brake.
>
> Maybe someone who like to tell me what butterfly windows are?   I only
> wrote the book.
>
> Boris Cefer wrote:
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