[PRCo] Re: PAT buses

[Bill Robb]

Mark, checkout this web site. Lots of info on PAT
buses and PAT of years past.

http://www.amcap.org/

The Special Features pages have articles on various
bus models.  Current article is the PAT 400 series.

Bill Robb

--- Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net> wrote:
> 
>   Forgive me for the off-topic bus question. A
> friend who has custom-
> ized a number of Corgi PCC cars for me is going to
> do a couple PAT
> buses for me. I'm going to have them done in the
> original boring
> gray(silver?)/white/red belt rail scheme.
>   The TDH 5303 is no problem. I'm going to have it
> done with a fleet
> number of 2264 and a dest. sign of 41B Bower Hill
> Rd.
>   The old style GM, however, is a problem. Corgi
> only made the
> TDH 4509's and 4512's in the suburban form with no
> center doors.
> I looked through an old Motor Coach Age magazine and
> found a roster
> of old GMs that PAT purchased from other companies.
> PAT had
> 6 or 7 GM TDH 4507's numbered 120-125 and
> 475(suburban model).
> I do have an old Corgi 4507 that I found with center
> door. I was
> hoping to number it in the 120-125 range but really
> wanted a dest. sign
> of 44D JEFFERSON as I remember seeing these parked
> in Castle Shannon
> near the Municiple Building and trolley stop. Could
> I get away with
> the fleet number and dest. sign? Any bus experts out
> there?
> Thanks!
> 
>                            Mark
> 
> PS- No, I'm not becoming a bus fan. I'll always be a
> railfan. Just
>     wanted a couple PAT buses for future use.
> 
> 


		
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