[PRCo] Re: HO Ex-Louisville PCCs

[Herb Brannon]

Former Cleveland Transit 4259 which became Toronto Transit Commission 4684
currently resides at Halton County Radial Railway Museum near Guelph,
Ontario. Some of the A-12 series may be rusting on a hillside in
North-Central Ohio along with some other PCCs.





.On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 12:03, richard allman <allmanr at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 00:35, Phillip Clark Campbell
> > <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Mr.Allman;
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Phil
> >> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> 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
> >>
> >> 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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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park