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

[Herb Brannon]

I enjoyed operating them during rush hour........especially on a Summer day.
The large front vent and the opening operators side window made it tolerable
in the front end. Winter days were another thing. On days of temperatures
below 25 degrees my left leg would be frozen to the deadman pedal for lack
of a left side heater and my right leg would be tanned from the electric
heater mounted to the right side of the control pedals.




On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 01:04, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> K
>
> You might not have enjoyed riding in a PRC 1700 on the hottest days of
> summer, particularly at rush hours and if there had been a light rain!
>
> Dwight
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ken and Tracie
>  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>   Sent: Sunday, 21 November, 2010 00:30
>  Subject: [PRCo] Re: SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question
>
>
>  I remember discussing the StLPS 1600s and 1700s outer appearance with Fred
>  the Third some years ago. I stated they appeared "bloated" in appearance
>  from the front end, especially when using a smaller sealed beam headlight.
>
>  Fred countered that the wider body was appreciated by the riding public
> due
>  to the increased interior room.
>
>  Too me, the best looking post war cars with standee windows were the last
> of
>  the Philadelphia cars, the Johnstown cars, the TTC cars and the Muni Baby
>  Tens.
>
>  I also like the looks of the Pittsburgh 1700s and the Boston Picture
> Window
>  cars.
>
>  I prefer the Boston war time cars without the added roof monitors. I like
>  any pre-war body St. Louis Car Company body with vents in the trolley base
>  cowl.
>
>  Just my personal visual  preferences...I enjoy riding any of them.
>
>  K.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>  To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 8:29 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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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park