[PRCo] Re: Red Arrow BrilLiner

[Fred Schneider]

My recollection is that the car is inoperable ... something burnt out  
when it was last run.      In all honesty, as much as "Fast Freddy"  
likes to run cars like 14, 24, 5 and 78, interurban cars capable of  
59 miles per hour really don't belong in an environment with old men  
who don't run more than a few days a year and whose reaction times  
and experience are minimal.

Short term future is probably simply a display car.    Remember that  
the open car is in the hopper after 4398 and then West Penn 832  
should come down the chute after that.   Now that ought to take us  
through 2010 or 2011.   I would suspect that  Philadelphia 8042 or  
Pittsburgh 1138 would be the most logical next choices.   The  
Philadelphia single end Peter Witt needs a roof but otherwise it is  
in rather decent condition.  I'm suggesting that 1138 be rewired  
before it goes out.   Some existing cars need some heavy work ...  
5326 needs to have the side sheets replaced because the bolsters are  
pushing their way up into the body.   The single end Pittsburgh low  
floor (3756) is in decrepid shape ... it at least needs to have the  
center section rebuilt and it needs to have the "short circuses"  
rewired.


http://www.pa-trolley.org/TakeRide2.htm


On Nov 20, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Jim Holland wrote:

> http://www.sptc.spb.ru/photo/philadelphiacars/119.gif
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> What is the future for PTM Red Arrow #5?
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> Will this car be operable?
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> How many of the ten cars have been  *Saved~?~!~?*
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