[PRCo] Re: HO Ex-Louisville PCCs

[richard allman]

what they were for almost their entire lives were the Toronto A-12 series!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: HO Ex-Louisville PCCs


> 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.
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> 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?
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> ----- 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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