[PRCo] CTA Green Hornet trucks

[Bob Rathke]

Ken.

I was at IRM yesterday (Sunday) which was the last complete operating
weekend of the season.  I photographed the CTA Green Hornet PCC in the barn,
but the skirting covers the trucks.

I'd be happy to photograph the B-3 trucks, but now it may have to wait until
2004.

Bob 10/13/03

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken & Tracie" <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:02 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Just Joking and Attention Bob Rathke


>
>
> 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