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A new project for Tim

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tryaginCharter Member · 2132 posts

RE: A new project for Tim

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Ah, one of the Mt. Lowe cars! There were four of them, #'s 30 to 32, built in 1906 and #33 in 1912. These were 11-bench open double-truck narrow gauge cars. They made the trip from Echo Mountian to Alpine Tavern , a 1500 foot distance in elevation, in 30 minutes, traversing 127 curves , on one of the most spectacular scenic rides in the USA. It was actually well-known around the world, in its' day. There are litterally hundreds, if not thousands of old post cards with scenes along the right-of-way, which could be very helpful to someone wishing the build the line.
A new project for Tim – image 6A new project for Tim – image 7A new project for Tim – image 8The line was abandoned in 1938, and the 4 cars were left on top of Echo Mountain, where they were stripped by souvenier hunters and vandals, and then their remains were pushed down into the canyons. They were all-steel, seating 55, mounted on Brill 27-D trucks, on 42" gauge wheelsets. 4 GE 800-25 HP motors, cars 30-32 had Westinghouse type K-12 control, car #33 had K-28. Brakes were air and hand, West. Straight Air, Westg.Type D-1-EG 14.5 CuFt Compressor. West.Type K-3 Lightning Arrestor. Cars 30-31 were enclosed on the mountain side with brass sash, around 1931. I have the basic general arrangement drawings from PE, in a book. But I wont be building them, not for a long time. I'd be happy to scan the drawings for anyone wishing to build the cars. The fact that they are 42" gauge might be a bit of a stickey bun though. A decision would have to be made whether to make it 36" or standard gauge as there is no 42" gauge tracks yet available for MSTS. I have made a 36" gauge version of the 13-bench open car, which could be modified by one well-versed in TSM:
A new project for Tim – image 9Again, I'd be willing to share the TSM files for this car with anyone wanting to try the modifications. Thanks for showing your photos of the Mt.Lowe cars. They are going in my PE folder! Tim

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KeltikSylkCharter Member · 1086 posts

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Your screen shot reminded me of this past weekend...We were in Scranton PA and went to the Trolley Museum (part of Steamtown).They had this video that show jillions of trolleys on the streets back in the day, including Mt Lowe. But it was the eclipse fender that caught my attention. They had footage of the thing working...It pops open and scoops up the fool who walks in front of the trolley. It was pretty funny to watch.They only have about four cars preserved, including a Brill Bullet in SEPTA colors, but it was still pretty interesting. One of the cars was running in Philadelphia in the 90's as part of some historical society/museum. Apparently the City Council thought better of having REAL trolleys on Delaware Avenue. Now the catenary is gone and only those fake trolley tourist busses run there.Steamtown has two trains that seem to be constantly running back and forth (both Canadian steamers) so there is a constant backdrop of chuffing and whistling. Seems that the Mall they have built there is a bigger atttraction. We were there on a Sunday and hardly anyone was around. We were the only folks in the trolley museum.On the way "home" we followed the Susquehanna down to Harrisburg from Sunbury along the old Pennsy branch. It's Norfolk Southern now, which is a sad thing to me. Can't get into the new deisels or the railroads that run them. Also caught pictures of a CP freight working the Packer Marine terminal in Philadelphia. That was just plain weird to me...That used to be B&O territory (at least on maps I've seen). Canadian Pacific in Philadelphia?Frank MusickMoving America into the 19th Century!
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P42number1Member since Apr-16-03 · 499 posts

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>Canadian Pacific in Philadelphia?Yep. There is one unit down there. You can see it going over the Walt Wittman Bridge. Too far away to get any numbers, however.

Matt Repino
Philadelphia, PA
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*bing* Scenic Road...

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