[PRCo] Re: SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question

[Dwight Long]

Herb

My guess is that the pole, when pulled down, extends beyond the rear of the car, and that this apparatus is to prevent it from banging onto the roof of a car parked close up to it.  I don't see any rear side views in the book, but if there were one available with the pole pulled down, that would prove my contention or open up the riddle for another solution.  If no one else comes up with confirmation or a better idea, when I have some time, I'll go thru my SLPS fots and see if I have one that suits.  I took a number at DeBalivere (sp?) CH back in 1962 and one might disclose this.

Dwight
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Herb Brannon 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Thursday, 18 November, 2010 20:58
  Subject: [PRCo] SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question


  For those who have a copy of PCC-From Coast to Coast handy. Take a look at
  the section on St Louis Public Service Co.and the 1600s and 1700s in
  particular. The SLPS 1600-series and 1700-series PCCs have a small device
  mounted on the roof just back from the top of the destination sign. It
  appears to have a bracket in the center and is made from a tube shaped piece
  of metal, attached to the bracket and extending to both the right and left
  sides of the car roof. I can find no mention of this device in any of my
  books. When SLPS sold their cars to Shaker Heights Rapid Transit,
  Philadelphia Transportation Co and the San Francisco Municipal Railway the
  device was missing when the cars arrived in their new homes. Does anyone
  know the purpose of this device?
  -- 
  Herb Brannon
  In Cuyahoga Valley National Park