[PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in Museum

[Dwight Long]

John

Perhaps so they could operate it on their standard gauge track?  What am I missing in this question?

Dwight

From: John Swindler 
Sent: Thursday, 18 July, 2013 21:51
To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in Museum

 
huh, Fred???
 
Alan Pegler never had a Royal Scot.  Those were London-Midland-Scottish 4-6-0 types used on the West Coast main line.  The first one - #6100 Royal Scot  has been preserved.  
 
The "Flying Scotsman" is an  A-3 class London and Northeastern 'pacific' type loco used on the East Coast main line.
 
The only similarity is that both made trips to US, but neither you nor I ever saw the Royal Scot in this country - it's US visit was during 1930s.
 
As for PRC 1440, finding this link falls into the category of just dumb luck.  Any reason Seashore would re-gauge the PRC trucks rather than use an extra set of Boston PCC trucks????
 
http://www.trolleymuseum.org/collection/browse.php?id=01440SPA 

 
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:49:27 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRC 1400 Series PCC in Museum
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> Here is a link to 1440 on Seashore's web site.
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> http://www.trolleymuseum.org/collection/browse.php?id=01440SPA
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> I have no idea what shape it is in today.  Remember when Alan Pegler's Royal Scot  (4472) was running in the U. S. A?    I think it is called the Flying Scotsman today and there is a joke on line about renaming it after the prime minister by simply removing the F from the name.  
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> Well, I think that might have been about 1969.   I went up on the Night Clunker from Philly to Providence and met Bill Middleton (the Navy had him in Newport, RI then) and we spent the weekend chasing a British steam engine and riding trolleys at Seashore.   That was the only time I saw 1440 and it looked pretty good them.    I have been up that way one or two times since but I didn't see it out.
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> On Jul 18, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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> > It was operable at that time.  I presume it still is...can't find a photo of it -- or most other cars -- on their website.
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