[PRCo] Re: PRC 4398

[John Swindler]

Didn't PTM scrap a 4000 series car with 27E trucks???  But these trucks are 
6 ft wheel base, rather then 6ft-6in, and also equipped for air brakes??  
Didn't West Penn adapt the 27E for magnetic brakes??  But for a static 
display ........

Memory is not serving too well on this.

(but those trucks would be correct for an Oley Valley car, of which two 
bodies survive.  On second thought, don't think any of us really want to go 
there - PTM has enough to restore for several lifetimes)

John



>From: AProchek at aol.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC 4398
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:38:55 -0500
>
>my understanding is that there are no original WP 700 series trucks left.  
>Either some other trucks will have to be used (egad, destroying the 
>originality) or replicas will have to be made ($$$$$).  I think we can all 
>live with the wrong trucks just to get the damn thing moving.  If 
>anything,shows like American Chopper and American Hotrod have taught us to 
>be a little more relaxed about customizing.  Even Jay Leno eventually broke 
>down and bought a hot rod.  In fact, a vintage '60s Big Daddy Cane hotrod 
>is worth considerably more than a restored 30's Model A that he would have 
>used for a body.  But I digress. Since the WP 700s were built in WP shops 
>with Pennsylvania labor, wouldn't having PTM crews put it back together 
>just be a continuation of tradition?  And for that matter, how much of 
>4398's sheet metal had been replaced by PRco crews before Justin got to it?
>