[PRCo] Some Questions

ktjosephson at earthlink.net ktjosephson at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 22 02:58:17 EDT 2004


I've been scanning negatives and am wondering about some very trivial
topics....

1.) Was there a period of time when PRCo was repainting PCCs concurrently in
all four paint schemes (white front, red front, "vee" front, "half & half")
?

2.) Other than the partial repaint of 1760 after a mid '60s collision and
prior to 1799(II), did PAT ever repaint a car in red and cream?

3.) What are the names of the creeks that parallel the Library and Drake
lines? Have they ever presented a flooding problem for the rail service?

4.) Did PRCo ever apply the red and cream PCC colors to any of their motor
coaches?

5.) Yes, I know that this is an Eastern Pennsylvania question, but what are
the major (if any) mechanical differences between the SEPTA Red Arrow
Division and subway-surface Kawasaki rail cars? (Besides trolley poles,
pantographs and single versus double ended) As in controls, motors, gearing,
etc.

6.) Is the outer end of the Library line stated for catenary installation?

K.

P.S.- I'm way behind in personal e-mail, so those of you who have e-mailed
me recently, please don't think I'm ignoring you.... :-)





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