[PRCo] Re: OT:-__-PRR

[Jim Holland]

Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:
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> East Penn guys ....... have two issues with powering the St. Pete 
> cars.       One Jim hit upon - taking a knife to such beautiful work 
> is not easy.       The second concern is one of operation.       The 
> delicate plastic cars would probably not do well in a cornfield meet - 
> or any accident or mishandling for that matter.       To operate 
> properly they would need a considerable amount of weight, increasing 
> the liability for damage.

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Cornfield meets shouldn't be a problem  --  with other St.-Petes cars  
--  but then cornfield meets shouldn't happen in the first place.       
Dropping the car on the floor is a problem  --  someone did that and put 
the pieces back together successfully.
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Most people use the models for display purposes but some have powered 
them and use them Very Successfully.       There Are other Operating   
*_Plastic_*   models out there and they work very well.       Believe  
SPTC  is  Urethane but it is far more resilient than it looks for 
operational purposes.
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> hrbran99 at adelphia.net wrote:
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>> Speaking of "O" scale things.......can the St. Petersburg Tram PRCo 
>> models be motorized easily?
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>> HrB
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> Hi Herb!
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> I have yet so to do but I see it as No More Difficult than any other 
> standard model. With SPTC many modelers don't like the idea of cutting 
> the floor on such an exquisite model!!
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> Jim