[PRCo] Re: PCC Question

[Herb Brannon]

If they (PRCo managers) preferred the 1936 front end they could have ordered
the 1700-series made up the same way as the DC Transit all-electrics. Namely
a 1936 body with standee windows added. Like I said, it will probably remain
a mystery. The guy who may have known the answer, Robert Parker, is, I
believe, now deceased. I know he was always an excellent source as to why
PRCo did many of the things it did and how they carried out their
operations. Robert Parker worked for PRCo and PATransit for several decades
and was Manager of Operations when I worked for PATransit.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:12, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> Ed
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> That thought crossed my mind as well, but then I recalled that the 1500s
> were wartime babies--in fact with many substitutes account scarce materials.
>  So, unless there were a whole bunch of left over windshields from pre-war
> production, this scenario is unlikely.
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> Perhaps more likely that after experiencing the two designs, PRC simply
> preferred the original?
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> Dwight
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>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Edward H. Lybarger
>  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>   Sent: Wednesday, 20 October, 2010 09:41
>  Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC Question
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>  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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>  -----Original Message-----
>  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
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>  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.
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>   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
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>  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.
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>  --
>  Herb Brannon
>  In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park