[PRCo] Re: PCC Question

[Edward H. Lybarger]

There may have been wartime shortages of material needed for the castings a
la 1400-1500.  The earlier design was simpler.

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
Clark Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:29 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC Question

Mr.Brannon,
The PRC 14s and 15s had a 24-degree slope to the front window; Boston had
the same on most of their air-cars.  I never heard a reason for reverting to
12-degree on the 16s.

 Phil
Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'





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From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 6:41:06 PM
Subject: [PRCo] PCC Question

We may have hashed this out before, maybe not.
Does anyone know the reason for the 1400-series and 1500-series PCC cars
having the 30-degree slope to the windshield, then the 1600-series being
delivered with the 1936 style flat windshield? Maybe PRCo got a reduced
price for using up old parts.

--
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park