[PRCo] Bowser HO PATransit PCC 1630

[BobDietrich]

Herb:

Where is it grinding?  If it only "grinds" on curves the problem is probably in the universal joints.  I've found that on the 1999 version that the universals need a little filing to eliminate the noise, the newer drive is probably similar.  Check out page 9 of my blurb on East Penn web site -  http://www.eastpenn.org/repowering_ho_cars1.pdf.

Bob

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From: Pittsburgh-railways [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Herb Brannon via Pittsburgh-railways
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 1:15 PM
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.??

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