[PRCo] Re: HO Ex-Louisville PCCs

Herb Brannon hrbran at cavtel.net
Sun Nov 21 11:28:11 EST 2010


While a few of these cars made it to Louisville, they never ran in that
city. No PCC ever ran in Louisville in revenue service. The majority of the
25 cars were shipped  directly from St Louis Car Company to Cleveland
Transit System, Cleveland, Ohio. They are ex-Cleveland cars, not
ex-Louisville.


On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 00:35, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Mr.Allman;
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> Beautiful models;  excellent overhead as well!
> Could you please share some more model photos?
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> Mr.Robb----All Electric PCCs had slight angle of rear window
> above the belt line;  below the belt line was vertical,  at least
> on St.Louis Cars.  Air Cars had the same slope from above the
> windows to the floor, 8-degrees/30-min on Pgh cars.  I'll send
> you a scan of the Prc 17s rear elevation off list.
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> 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: Sat, November 20, 2010 11:35:17 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question
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> Bill-Hmm-post-war MU: Boston, Toronto, Shaker,
> unless you also count Red Arow and Illinois Terminal.
> Attached is photo of a set of Toronto ex-Cleveland
> St. Louis -built MU PCC's-series A-12 @
> TTC-since you brought it up!
>  I built these around 6 years ago in HO scale.RICH
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:29 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question
>
> > I also thought the pre-war cars were more graceful,
> > but during the last years of the PCCs I came to appreciate
> > the post-war front end was almost as graceful when
> > walking by stopped TTC 4300s at Yonge and Queen.
> > Unfortunately the post war back end drops straight down
> > from the roof line. The tapered pre-war rear end is my
> > favorite. I remember MU cars as having a less graceful profile
> > than the non-MU variety because the couplers cut the lines
> > off abruptly.
> > Bill
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> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/DSC_0324-1.JPG
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park





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