Sunday, October 8, 2017

Pittsburgh PCC repainted

A Pittsburgh 4000-series PCC rebuild, car 4007, has been repainted in its "prehistory" Pittsburgh Railways colors of red and cream and has been given back its original number, PRys 1729. This is one of the cars that was heavily overhauled in the 1980s and acquired a mostly-new body and new trucks among other things at that time. However the car retained some core components from predecessor car 1729, so it has been classified on the PNAERC roster as a heavy rebuild rather than a new-build. Regardless, the car has been plinthed at the Schoolhouse Arts & History Center (formerly listed on PNAERC as the Schoolhouse Art Center) in suburban Bethel Park near Pittsburgh since 2000. It lost its number early in its static display career, though, at the request of a family whose relative had been killed in an accident that involved this car. Presmably, repainting it into Pittsburgh Railways colors and returning it to its earlier number doesn't conflict with this request.

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