Rare, indeed! I hadn't realized until I saw them that PRSL actually lettered equipment for them, rashly assuming it was all borrowed from the joint owners. The light color makes me wonder whether they could have been painted the yellow PRR used for MOW equipment. Shovelling a tender load of coal UP would have been more work than I care to contemplate, even with a false raised bottom plate. I don't suppose it ever occurred to elevate the coaling track to facilitate the process.
Another one of those ubiquitous freight that are road-distinctive, like the B&O wagontops, MILW ribsides, an, yes, SAL round-roofs. Even in O scale it took me a while to find a few of them at prices I wanted to pay. I got my first MaxGray import finally only a few years ago, happily paying $75 at the Chicago show, as that was considerably cheaper than I'd seen any previously (and it is not even quite right, but at least suggests strongly the GLca appearance--and it is one of the cars USHobbies never re-issued when they took over the MG line); just within the past year I bought another on ebay for around $50, bought a PSC import (improved over the MG but still not perfect) for $150 from another O scaler, and bought one of Rich Yoder's ($200 or so) which is very good. Information derived from the Teichmoeller book. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > Some were questioning the correctness of my PRSL GLca hoppers > http://www.lanestrains.com/Open_Hoppers.htm when I completed them last year. > Here are 2 *very rare* photos proving their use with the false bottom. > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRSL_GLCa.jpg > > > > BTW - this shoveling was not a onetime thing. It was an ongoing method of > fueling the tenders at Ocean City NJ and a few other remote locations. I > don't claim my hoppers are perfect especially in their false bottom height, > but I gets the taste of it for sure. I picked a height that was convenient > for the inside of an American Flyer Hopper. > > > > > > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 > > See my finished models at: > <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > Custom Train Parts Design > <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
