[PRCo] Bowser HO PATransit PCC 1630

[Dwight Long]

Well, back in the day we used to call operating cars with platform controllers “Coffeegrinding.”

So, must be prototypical!

Dwight

From: Herb Brannon via Pittsburgh-railways 
Sent: Saturday, 11 October, 2014 13:15
To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
Subject: [PRCo] Bowser HO PATransit PCC 1630
Although it looks like PRCo PCC 1600 in the Mod-Desire paint, it's not too
bad a model. Bowser had added a couple little things such as the roof
mounted searchlight and a selector switch on the bottom to move between
two-rail and overhead operation without adding extra wires from the trolley
pole to the motor. The unit is, however, no where near what 1630 actually
looked like when I operated that car. Like I said, it looks like PRCo 1600
with the Mod-Desire paint. It also has square-windowed folding doors rather
than curved-windowed "blinker" doors.

Given the success of Bowsers' motor unit, which first appeared in 1999, I
am wondering why that same motor now makes so much noise. It sounds like a
coffee grinder. This even after oiling of the motor and gears. I'm afraid
that Bowser is moving from a scale-model line of products to a "tinplate"
line of products.This was reinforced by Bowser management when they
recently stopped the sale of the complete PCC motor and chassis units. The
reason given was that "too many people are just buying motors and putting
them in our old trolley bodies". I should think that a business would want
to sell as many items as possible as long as they were making money on
them. Apparently Bowser doesn't think so.

Anyway, here are a couple photos of my PATransit 1630, which arrived
today.​​

-- 
*Herb Brannon*

*In Pittsburgh...........A City and*


*..........................A State of  Mind *

*Let's Go Steelers*

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