[PRCo] Re: For HO model trolley fans

[richard allman]

thanks for inquiry re: shoulder-coming SLOWLY! and thanks for clarification 
re:1600. Yes, Bowser is successor to old Pennsylvania Scale Models. The 
formerly white metal models are now resin. The front and back whisker lights 
on the model is becuase the Philadelphia prototype has them-easily file or 
sanded off, then touch up.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:33 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: For HO model trolley fans


> Mr.Allman;
> Trust your recovery was 200% successful and you haven't contributed to any
> more dents in transit infrastructure.
>
> A technical correction to your post:  the Pittsburgh car is 'not 
> air-electric'
> but the
> post-war all-electric demonstrator 1600 lost in the Homewood fire of 1955. 
> It
> does
> have standee windows.
>
>
> Possibly to lower costs of production the same body was used for all 
> models with
> a few
> minor differences specific to the particular property included.  The 
> catcher
> below the
> windows, the Philadelphia style truck marker lights above the front 
> destination
> sign
> (PA Scale models did that;  did Bowser take them over?,) skirts cut out 
> above
> the trucks
> (a latter day feature on many properties,) Philadelphia front window
> arrangement,
> Philly style clearance panel on the body behind the front doors, identical
> window
> arrangements, and flat folding doors on all cars are quite notable.
>
> Pittsburgh does have a fan monitor but not the one used on PRC 1600 as 
> seen
> here:
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/1600%2055%20E%20Pgh%2019480606%20Styffe%20AW.jpg
>
>
> Mr.Brannon:    I discovered by trial and error that file names with spaces 
> can
> sometimes
> cause trouble;  note the '$20' added in each space in your file name 
> below.  I
> was able to
> view your file by going to the photo archives for the list.  The file name 
> above
> has the same
> but doesn't cause trouble;  it is not always easy to understand computers 
> and
> programs is it.
>
> I attached a crop of Mr.Brannon's picture to show only JTC and Prc.  Let's 
> see
> how it comes
> through.
>
>
> Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>> From: richard allman <allmanr at verizon.net>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 8:38:01 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: For HO model trolley fans
>
>> photos are available on Trolleyville Times 11/10 edition on-line.
>> ...  the one oddball Pittsburgh air car w/ roof fans,
>
> RICH
>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 5:17 PM
>>> Subject: [PRCo] For HO model trolley fans
>
>>> Bowser has come out with a new line of HO post-WW 2 PCC cars.
>>> They are ready to run and look good in the drawings.
>>> -- 
>>> Herb Brannon
>>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
>
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/PCC%20Postwar%201st.jpg
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