[PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha

[Harold G.]

Greetings

The five Kenosha cars did not come directly
from TTC.  They were sold to a guy in either
Penna or Ohio, purchased by Kenosha
and rebuilt in Iowa.  They now have standatrd
gauge CTA 6000 series trucks.  (TTC was wide)

Harold Geissenheimer
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>;
johnfbromley at rogers.com <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
Date: Monday, May 23, 2005 4:39 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha


>I haven't been to IRM in 20 years.  My suspicion is Cleveland.  My mind is
>trying to believe that TTC scrapped all the KC cars early, perhaps right
after
>Mount Pleasant Road was abandoned.   Maybe John will answer and I can post
it.
>
>John Swindler wrote:
>
>> All five ex. TTC 4600 series, originally TTC 4400 series blt. circa 1951.
>> First rebuilding circa 1972; second rebuilding (and renumbering into 4600
>> series) circa 1992.  Out of service in Toronto circa 1995.
>>
>> Is Illinois Ry Museum rebuilding an ex. Cleveland PCC car from CTS via
TTC,
>> Shaker?  Or do I have this mixed up with an ex. Kansas City car???
>>
>> John
>>
>> >From: <hrbran99 at adelphia.net>
>> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha
>> >Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 9:29:47 -0400
>> >
>> >Do all the Kenosha cars have the TTC advance light or just a few? If
only
>> >some cars have the advance light, they may have come from other transit
>> >systems in the US. I would like to know if this or any of the Kenosha
cars
>> >were ex-Cleveland Transit cars.
>> >HrB
>> >
>> >---- Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >   Thanks for the photos Bob! Someone needs to place a giant Pepsi
>> > > logo on the front of the car. ;>)
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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