[PRCo] Re: PCCs in Operation

[Jim Holland]

Joshua Dunfield wrote:
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> John Swindler wrote:
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>> And doesn't Portland run a couple rebodied PCCs?
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> Portland's Vintage Trolleys are replicas of non-PCCs (1904 Brills 
> according to the page below). The Willamette Shore Trolley operation 
> ran original stock, but AFAIK none of them were PCCs.
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> http://world.nycsubway.org/us/portland/trolley.html
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> Best,
> -j.

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The CC cars in Portland use PCC trucks  --  believe they are from 
BeanTown.      Don't know what they use for control  --  believe I have 
been told but forget  --  or not interested in remembering!~!~!
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http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?52462
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What's strange is that they have Both wheel tread brake shoes and drum 
brakes with WH actuator on the outside frame!~!~!
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We had an Actual Portland Council Crest Car here in San Francisco for 
several years in the 1980s for the Trolley Festival  --  Incredibly 
beautiful car!~!~!
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Jim___Holland