[PRCo] Re: For HO model trolley fans

[Herb Brannon]

IHP makes the 1700series PRCo PCC. See attached photo.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 08:56, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   I believe someone offered
> beautiful Prc Ho brass 1700-series models some time back;  aren't
> Mr.Dietrich's
> models from this group?
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>  Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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> ________________________________
> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 6:57:59 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: For HO model trolley fans
>
>  But when it was retired, the monitor had been removed.
> So technically you can have your St. Petersburg 1630 in
> two configurations.   I think it was always a Tunnel car.
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> On Nov 3, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:
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> > While surfing the Russian site I realized Prc did have one air-electric
> > with fan monitor;  it is shown here:
> > http://www.sptc.spb.ru/photo/pittsburghcars/72b.htm
> >
> > Phil
> > Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 9:40:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: For HO model trolley fans
> >
> >
> > I just remembered that the Russian firm has excellent "O" models of this
> car
> > in two versions, the 2nd with a subtly different paint arrangement::
> > http://www.sptc.spb.ru/photo/pittsburghcars/61.htm
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> > http://www.sptc.spb.ru/photo/pittsburghcars/61-1.htm
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> > Phil
> > Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
> >
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 9:33:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: For HO model trolley fans
> >
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> > 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'
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> > but the
> > post-war all-electric demonstrator 1600 lost in the Homewood fire of
> 1955.  It
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> > 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
> >g
> >
> >
> > Mr.Brannon:    I discovered by trial and error that file names with
> spaces can
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> > 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.'
> >
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> > ________________________________
> >> 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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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park



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