[PRCo] Re: NO LONGER prisoner escapes by trolley but now Hollywood LowFloors

[Herb Brannon]

I did look at the "Diablo" series and thought those might be easier to adapt
to a car body. I suppose the Toronto Transit Commission CLRV body made by
HWood will not take the Bowser unit either?






On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:34, BobDietrich <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net>wrote:

> Herb:
>
> Hollywood Foundry does make a beautiful product and yes I did put two of
> their Low Boy drives into brass PRCO low floors.  But it was not an easy
> task.  I had to create different level floors in the car - the power truck,
> trailing truck, and motor all were at different heights.  Once together
> they
> run like a charm.
>
> Hollywood Foundry has a new product called the Diablo that may work better
> for this application.  It is a power truck "kit" that comes in various
> wheelbases and sizes, I think it comes in the correct size for a PRCo low
> floor.  Like the Bowser drive the motor sits up inside the car.  It takes a
> little patience to bend the parts but the one I have went together and
> works
> well.  He also sells a trail truck called Lightning.
>
> If you ever get one I can supply side frames if Eric doesn't supply them.
>
> Also, if you think you may want one in the future you might want to order
> the body from Eric soon.  He may not make too many of them.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
> richard
> allman
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:07 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: prisoner escapes by trolley
>
> the price is higher than the Bowser, but the drives from Geoff are
> beautifully machined and excellent running.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:37 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: prisoner escapes by trolley
>
>
> > Just a "pet peeve" of mine...........seeing Pittsburg when they are
> > speaking
> > of the one in Pennsylvania.
> > The Hollywood Foundry drives look real good but the cost is high. I'll
> > have
> > to wait a while before getting a couple PRCo low-floors.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 21:58, richard allman <allmanr at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Herb-be glad Eric's heart is in the right place and that he is making
> >> some
> >> very interesting models at some reasonable prices! Cut him some slack w/
> >> spelling he's a country guy from Alberta! the shells can be powered w/
> >> Hollywood Foundry drives from Australia-Geoff is very responsive to the
> >> trolley modelers. Bob Dietrich has very successfully repowered his PRCo.
> >> low
> >> floor cars w/ those drives and he can provide you w/ all the details.
> >> Geoff
> >> @ Hollywood Foundry can also answer your questions. The Bowser is always
> >> the
> >> preferred drive w/ its affordable cost and ease of installation and
> >> beautiful performance, but for the PittsburgH low floor cars, wrong
> wheel
> >> base and wheel size. RICH
> >>  ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> >> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 9:57 PM
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: prisoner escapes by trolley
> >>
> >>
> >> >I checked out the Miniatures by Eric website and see they have two PRCo
> >> low
> >> > floor models now in production. Do you know if these body shells can
> be
> >> > powered with any of the Bowser trolley power units? You might also let
> >> > them
> >> > know it's PittsburgH.
> >> > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 21:09, richard allman <allmanr at verizon.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Miniatures by Eric has informed me that they will be releasing HO
> >> >> models
> >> >> of
> >> >> 3851 series Detroit Peter Witt cars w/ the very distinctive
> >> >> destination
> >> >> sign
> >> >> overhang,something some of us have long wished for. the trucks on
> >> >> those
> >> >> cars
> >> >> wereD-SLM66-anyone know anything about wheel base on them critters?
> >> >> Does
> >> >> the
> >> >> M66 imply 66 inch or is it someother representation? Thanks for any
> >> help.
> >> >> BTW, he is also releasing a shell for a Brooklyn 6000 series car.
> RICH
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> >> >> To: <Pittsburgh-Railways at Dementia.Org>
> >> >> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 8:36 PM
> >> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: prisoner escapes by trolley
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Funny as h-e-double tooth picks!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Russians do have a sense of humor.
> >> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xbtZO3k7cs
> >> >> >>
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> >> > Herb Brannon
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> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park