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

[Boris Cefer]

Do you have any fresh news concerning PRCo models from SPTC?

Boris

----- Original Message -----
From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:40 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: HO Brass Pittsburgh Pre-war PCC car by MTS Imports


> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>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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