[PRCo] Re: HO Brass Pittsburgh Pre-war PCC car by MTS Imports

[James B. Holland]

Shoe is Very Common in both scales  (("O" and HO))  --  has only been 
recently that anyone takes the trouble to display a wheel, and then it 
only slides.       That can be easily changed by the modeler if so 
desired and can be homemade by using anything round, cutting a hole for 
mounting on the pole and slicing a groove in it for contact to the 
overhead.       In the 1950s there was a Japanese HO pole with operating 
wheel but it used a spring base like on trolley poles from 1900 - one 
compression spring over the pole with wire to clamp above spring and 
anchored to base on other end.       Wheel would seem to tilt 30-degrees 
from vertical, left and right, but it tracked and held the wire quite 
nicely!       They were short lived.

Kemtron had an "O"--Scale wheel that rotated - spoked and all.       I 
used it for HO because it was prototypical for PRCo -- like the 
action.       Now a product of Precision Scale Models.

Q-Car is big supplier of "O"-Scale poles - dummy wheel but not an 
operating one.       Same for Rich Wagner when he produced and those who 
took over from him.       Mr.Barsky of GBH imports under the floor 
"O"-Scale trucks for PCCs and has a trolley pole with operating wheel 
but it is not available separately.


Jim__Holland



Boris Cefer wrote:

>I checked all photos and my opinion is that the model is quite good. But the
>carbon shoe is an obvious errorrrrrr.
>
>Boris
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:19 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: HO Brass Pittsburgh Pre-war PCC car by MTS Imports
>
>
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>
>>At the bottom of the eBay website there are several small pictures to
>>the right of the large one - click on the small one, esp. the car
>>sitting on the box, and it will enlarge.
>>
>>End of the box has the following::
>>
>>                Pittsburgh 1000--1099 series As Built
>>
>>                Pittsburgh 1000--1099 series As Modified.
>>
>>The second one is checked  --  thus it takes into account the mod by
>>PRCo on some equipment to use full width anticlimber.       This would
>>also fit PRCo #100 and removal of the split in the destination sign
>>would also make the model acceptable for PRCo 1100--1199.
>>
>>These models of PCCs were Very Widely Used on a number of Systems but
>>there were usually small features that made each distinctive for that
>>system:
>>
>>Brooklyn -- 100-cars but had a next car light above headlight.
>>
>>San Diego
>>
>>El Paso
>>
>>Philly 2001 series without split destination sign.
>>
>>LATL first Air-Car Purchases but None of the LATL cars had a split
>>destination sign - second purchase by LATL moved center door one window
>>aft ala All-Electrics and these cars were used as model for All-Electric
>>door placement.
>>
>>Boston - One Car Queen Mary, 3001 but Non-split destination sign.
>>
>>TTC 4000 series.
>>
>>Vancouver first PCCs.
>>
>>Actually, this model is more correct for PRCo modifieds than for LATL
>>first cars.
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