[PRCo] Re: G scale PCC in Pittsburgh Railways colors

[Herb Brannon]

I lived in Pittsburgh Proper when the IT cars were at Cleveland. Don't know
what horrors they went through. Hopefully they kept them on the Green Road
line.

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Ken and Tracie
<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> This reminds me..........the last time I was at OERM, they were using
> LARY/LATL PCC 3100 on the demonstration loop.
>
> I was totally disgusted to find modern gang "tagging" scratched into the
> seatbacks. A member told me some of the human garbage which occupied the
> then recently constructed apartment complex nearby (thanks, greedy, corrupt
> Perris officials) sent their kids to the museum to "ride the trains" rather
> than actually engage in parenting.
>
> As far as these kids were concerned, a transit vehicle was a "rolling
> canvas", whether it was in active service or at a museum.
>
> To get back on topic, I wonder what horror stories the PRM people can share
> about returned cars after they were loaned to PAT? Or what sort of
> "artistic
> expression" was performed on the former IT PCCs when they were loaned to
> the
> SHRT in "West Pittsburgh"?
>
> K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 7:18 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] G scale PCC in Pittsburgh Railways colors
>
>
> > If you like your model streetcars big this is for you. A G scale
> > air-electric PCC that will be available in Pittsburgh Railway colors (and
> > 8 other choices) I believe the body is based on LARY 3001 which is
> > preserved at the Orange Empire Museum. More info on page 2 of the Aristo
> > Craft Insider. This car should be out later in the year.
>
>
>


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Herb Brannon
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