Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:23 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:It's interesting to me that there is no thread dedicate to buses, solely.
And why might that be?


No one has started one = try it and see what happens.....

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Wolf » Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:56 pm

After looking carefully at Murphy's photo of the 1666....
it looks like Pittsburgh was trying to join the cities
that had trackless trolleys (aka "trolleybusses")?? :shock: :roll:
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Roy » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:21 pm

Roy wrote:This is an all-brass HO model of a Huntington Standard car built by Oriental Models:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Very nice. Just going on eBay and looking at HO traction & trolleys is depressing - there were so many imported but relatively none in O.

I think we get to look forward to building our favorite O scale trolleys ourselves.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:30 pm

Roy wrote:
Roy wrote:This is an all-brass HO model of a Huntington Standard car built by Oriental Models:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Very nice. Just going on eBay and looking at HO traction & trolleys is depressing - there were so many imported but relatively none in O.

I think we get to look forward to building our favorite O scale trolleys ourselves.


Indeed. Building out own is more rewarding, but I will confess that parts and drives are beginning to get limiting.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Roy » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:32 pm

Wolf wrote:After looking carefully at Murphy's photo of the 1666....
it looks like Pittsburgh was trying to join the cities
that had trackless trolleys (aka "trolleybusses")?? :shock: :roll:

The wheel on the paving bricks pretty much jumped out at me. Wonder what happened?
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:44 pm

Roy wrote:
Wolf wrote:After looking carefully at Murphy's photo of the 1666....
it looks like Pittsburgh was trying to join the cities
that had trackless trolleys (aka "trolleybusses")?? :shock: :roll:

The wheel on the paving bricks pretty much jumped out at me. Wonder what happened?


The wheels on the bus go round and round?
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Roy » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:56 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:The wheels on the bus go round and round?

I just noticed the truck bumper is pretty bent.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Thu Sep 07, 2017 6:29 pm

Roy wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:The wheels on the bus go round and round?

I just noticed the truck bumper is pretty bent.

Ooohhh, good observation, Roy, I hadn't noticed that at all. I think you analyzed what probably happened, huh.

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Roy » Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:03 pm

Roy wrote:I just noticed the truck bumper is pretty bent.
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:Ooohhh, good observation, Roy, I hadn't noticed that at all. I think you analyzed what probably happened, huh.

Naw, just a simple observation. I have no clue what happened.

I know that PCCs are well-engineered and very modern for their time, but I'm really sick of the way they look. They're like a cockroach on rails.
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Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:30 pm

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Roy » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:50 am

It may just be because I can see it better, but I prefer the blue and cream bus.
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Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:03 pm

...OK , and how d' you like 'em now...? :)
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby rogruth » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:07 pm

Ahhhh, Murph.
Even the rooftops are nice.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Roy » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:20 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:...OK , and how d' you like 'em now...? :)

The only bus I could see in these later shots is painted similar to the Greyhound Bicentennial scheme. But, it looks more like a 60's or 70's Flxible city bus. I see it's lettered for Lionel City Bus Service. I'm afraid I don't find that model of bus at all interesting.

The only difference between the earlier buses I can see, besides color, is the size of the Deco wing fenders.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:18 pm

rogruth wrote:Ahhhh, Murph.
Even the rooftops are nice.

Thank you, Roger, it's always nice to hear from you, not just because you always have something pleasant to say to this fellow-hobbyists but because you make the effort and appear to have the interest in say something. Thanks again. I appreciate the reach-back.
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