Aristo PCC looks good
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TTC Preserved standee window car at Russell Carhouse, June 2007 - a far cry from the condition the PCC cars were in on my first visit to Canada in 1989.
Heavilly rebuilt SEPTA car, with air conditioning added, seen at the route 15 terminus in Port Haddington, Philadelphia, September 2010.
Heavilly rebuilt SEPTA car, with air conditioning added, seen at the route 15 terminus in Port Haddington, Philadelphia, September 2010.
themole said:
Here's a plan of a PCC. There are many versions this is postwar, with standee windows. Alyn
[align=center]Thanks for the info and pics Alyn, not realised that there were so many still in existance, I will try and get a Brooklyn car but at that high price maybe not
I read about the ten cars and a loco plus track diapearing from this site where did they go to?
did they end up on Ebay as 'owner changing scale'?
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MR SPOCK said:
The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association does appear to still exist as I was looking at their website earlier in the day. Rather amusingly they dont actually record where the ex Cleveland RTA cars went from Brooklyn Navy Yard as they put "location unknown" . One would hope they know where they are, if they still own them!
Almost as good as the "what happened to the Burton & Ashby double-deck car" question when the Detroit heritage line closed 8 or so years ago....
A bit like this one I found in Lancaster, PA, in May last year. A group had plans to introduce a PCC car worked tramway route in the City Centre and displayed this example on a piece of waste ground. The Red Rose Transit Authority finally decided that they didn't want/couldn't afford the scheme and it has now been dropped. The tram has aparently been moved into storage somewhere else now.
Cities in the US with regular (non Museum) PCC operations are Boston (Ashmont-Mattapan line), Philadelphia (Route 15), Kenosha (Circular trolley) and San Francisco (Fishermans Wharf heritage route). I've yet to do the latter one as my only trip to California was an Aviation based one and didn't go into central San Francisco!
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The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association does appear to still exist as I was looking at their website earlier in the day. Rather amusingly they dont actually record where the ex Cleveland RTA cars went from Brooklyn Navy Yard as they put "location unknown" . One would hope they know where they are, if they still own them!
Almost as good as the "what happened to the Burton & Ashby double-deck car" question when the Detroit heritage line closed 8 or so years ago....
[align=center]Maybe they went one night on a carfloat? or perhaps they are inside the buildings, as they were huge unless any have been knocked down, I am intrigued.
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The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association does appear to still exist as I was looking at their website earlier in the day. Rather amusingly they dont actually record where the ex Cleveland RTA cars went from Brooklyn Navy Yard as they put "location unknown" . One would hope they know where they are, if they still own them!
Almost as good as the "what happened to the Burton & Ashby double-deck car" question when the Detroit heritage line closed 8 or so years ago....
[align=center]Maybe they went one night on a carfloat? or perhaps they are inside the buildings, as they were huge unless any have been knocked down, I am intrigued.
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KentKeith said:
Hmmm............. Thats possibly enough to tempt me to pay St Aubin trains a visit when I am in Illinois in June, as I don't expect anyone will be selling them at the Galesburg Railfest. Must take the bigger suitcase with me.........
tramcar trev
all manner of mechanical apparatus...
LOl spock, yes they look nice.... alas no good for me, you need baloon loop termini and they are really to modern for my tasteMR SPOCK said:
these are the streetcars I desire : ignore the compulsory addvert first..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBgOUfDgWD0