[PRCo] Retrievers_--_Catchers

[Jim Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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> Just going through the file trying to catch up on some old stuff.
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> Pittsburgh Railways interurban PCCs had retrievers, not catchers Jim. 
> If you get your finger caught in one, you'll know the difference. They 
> did in the 1950s at least. And the 1700 at PTM has a retriever.

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DON'T____KNOW    why you are preaching to me  --  I have  ALWAYS  known 
that and I have  ALWAYS  said  that.       99_44/100% of railfans use 
catcher and retriever interchangeably, but I Don't.       Quoting And 
ReArranging the words from below but Not adding Nor Deleting any words 
would read like this:::::::       """All the PCCs are MU and equipped 
with Retrievers like PRCo PCC Interurbans, not catchers."""       I have 
an  EARLL  retriever here at home like those used on PRCo 1700s.       
Shaker had the old fashioned kind, like OB but don't know the specific 
model.       1613 and 1614 Also Had the old retrievers, like 3700--3714 
and 3800-3814 when they were used experimentally  AND  these old 
fashioned retrievers were  'centered'  below the rear windows, not 
offset.       Here you be, JuJuBee  --  
http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/bvp046.htm       There are udder 
photos on the web that show this as well.       Not searching them all 
out at this time.       These were later replaced with the Earll offset 
toward the right.       1613 then had the catcher reinstalled in the mid 
1950s.
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PRCo PCC Interurban 1716 was The First to lose its retriever  --  it sat 
in Palm Garden for not a few months in the early 1960s before a special 
mount was made to put a catcher where the retriever had been  --  
catchers are smaller.       PRCo PCC 1721 was The Last to lose its Earll 
Retriever and kept it until the very late 1960s or 1970 or so.
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> On Jan 14, 2007, at 7:13 PM, Jim Holland wrote:
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>> Shaker Heights Not At All Unlike PRCo Shannon, Library, and Drake 
>> except Shaker Total__PRW And Completely double track.
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>> All the PCCs are MU and equipped with Retrievers, not catchers, like 
>> PRCo PCC Interurbans. I prefer individual TrolleyCar operation
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