[PRCo] Just Joking and Attention Bob Rathke

[Ken & Tracie]

Fred Schneider wrote:

> I'm not working over Jim.  I like Jim.

So do I. I was just teasing. But seriously, Vancouver's Downtown Historic
Railway does indeed have a Belgium PCC tram. An older one that had served as
a work car before being exported to Canada.

With all the Vancouver PCCs long gone, and similar vintage Toronto PCCs
(including the ones that went to Tampico) also scrapped long ago, perhaps the
Vancouver group could snag a San Diego/El Paso PCC or even Pittsburgh 1600
series car and modify it to resemble a Vancouver car. It seems so many groups
have done the same with Birney bodies. One group even took a Pittsburgh 1700
to Cincinnati and painted it in that city's scheme. I heard it was later
damaged in a flood and scrapped.

Here's one for Bob Rathke and anybody else with access to IRM. On your next
visit, perhaps you could photograph some of their B-3 trucks. I believe their
"Green Hornet" PCC car has B-3s as well as at least one of their "spam can"
El cars or trainsets. Perhaps a videotape of a B-3 truck for Boris would be
of use.

K.