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chuckzeilerCharter Member · 568 postsSep 23, 2003 3:01 PM

Port City Car Company (PCCC) is pleased to announce that the single truck open trolley, which we have chosen to call a Breezer, has been uploaded to the Train-sim.com File Library.
Breezer trolley uploaded – image 1 This model began over a year ago, originally created by Matt Austin, who resides in Australia. It languished on his computer for a while, and then Matt sent the files to us at PCCC, for evaluation, and possible completion. Tim Muir joined PCCC, re-built Matt’s work, and Bill Hall created a cab view. Paul DeVerter created “Motorman Bill”, who is at the controls, replacing “Motorman Albert”, who had too many polys for the job.
Breezer trolley uploaded – image 2 The model is a general interpretation of the very first trolley cars built in the United States. The first of these cars had “trollers”, little 4-wheel devices that were towed above and behind the car on a pair of wires that were suspended over the tracks. These trollers had a bad habit of falling off the wires at inopportune moments. The story goes that the city fathers of a Connecticut city received complaints about service on the new trolley system, and sent a city official to investigate. He flagged down a trolley and when the car was stopped, the troller kept rolling forward until the slack on the connecting cable ran out. It fell off the wires, and struck the official squarely on the head, sending to the hospital for six weeks. Although the troller was an unsuccessful design, it did provide us with the word “trolley”.This trolley has a crude braking mechanism, a carry-over from the cars it was derived from; horsecars. To stop, the motorman would be required to crank the gooseneck handle around, which pulled a chain, tightening the brake shoes against the wheels. From this, the cars picked up the nickname “stemwinder”, and the brake system was called an “Armstrong” brake, because of the source of stopping power.These cars were popular for several reasons, one of which was the “air-conditioning” that they provided. In the 1890’s the astounding speed of 25 miles per hour in an open car was an exhilarating experience on a hot summer evening. Men would leave their pocket watches at home while riding the trolley, for fear of magnetizing the watch. The sparks from the trolley wires caused much fear in the general public, and there were cases of unexplained gas pipe explosions, as the return current took the most favorable route back to the power generator, and since the rails were not (yet) bonded at the joints, mysterious things would happen to underground pipes.But as the technology developed, the trolley companies found that the citizens would flock to this new form of transportation, and often an “Electric Park” would be built by the trolley company, rides and attractions would be constructed, and a “destination” was born. For decades, until the popularization of the automobile, Saturday night meant a trip to the Electric Park, with rides, dancing, a bandstand with musicians, food, a picnic site, and perhaps a small lake with rowboats, and possible even a theater. Baseball games were a regular pastime at these parks.
Breezer trolley uploaded – image 3 Five cents to enter the park, if you ride trolley, ten cents if you don’t. Let’s go cheer for the home team.There is a minor technical flaw is in the file Breezer.zip. I failed to include the PassengerCapacity line in the .eng file. This has been corrected, and I've uploaded Breezer1.zip, and have asked Nels to replace Breezer.zip with Breezer1.zip. For those who have already downloaded Breezer.zip, below is a corrected .eng file, which you can use to replace the original.

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