[PRCo] Re: Active PCC lines?

Jerry Matt Matsick mtoytrain at bellsouth.net
Wed Sep 26 13:38:22 EDT 2007


Boris, thanks for the info, I would be interested in seeing some pictures of the 
Tatra PCCs and how they compare to the St. Louis PCC car.  I have been to Barcelona
don't remember seeing an American Pcc.   Thanks Buddy
--
Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
Jacksonville, Florida


-------------- Original message from "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>: -------------- 


> Unfortunately, these PCCs were built mostly by Tatra in former 
> Czechoslovakia or several dozen units are Belgian built (Holland, Belgium, 
> France). This company (Tatra) built over 13,000 PCC type cars of one single 
> type (T3) and also several thousand cars of other different types, partly 
> using PCC designs. 
> But there are a few American built PCC survivors in several European cities, 
> all of them originally from Washington DC. Something is in Barcelona (Spain) 
> and one unit (fully operable but used only for charters) is in Sarajevo, 
> former Yugoslavia (photo). 
> 
> B 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Matt Matsick" 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:20 PM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Active PCC lines? 
> 
> 
> > Boris - are these old American cars? Like please name a city that is 
> > using an American PCC ? 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
> > Jacksonville, Florida 
> 
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