We’ll figure this out yet
Our maintenance volunteers are looking into a troublesome door on our Philadelphia PCC car.
Month Year:
October, 2009
PTC PCC #2743
2743 Truck servicing
January 5, 2008
Month Year:
January, 2008
2743 Truck Maintenance
January 5, 2008
Month Year:
January, 2008
Trolley or Hovercraft?
January 5, 2008
Philly PCC 2743 found itself in an elevated situation when its front truck was removed so its two motors could be sent to our friends at Huntingdon Electric Motor Service for rebuilding.
Photo: Chuck K
Month Year:
January, 2008
Back to School
May 23, 2008
Month Year:
May, 2008
Back to School
May 23, 2008
New this year, PCC 2743 was transformed into a classroom for a presentation on Operation Lifesaver and other railroad safety topics.
Month Year:
May, 2008
Later, testing continued and the PCC is passed by Johnstown 355 which was built in the same factory in Missouri around 20 years earlier.
June 30, 2007
Month Year:
June, 2007
Meet Me in Saint Louis!!
June 30, 2007
Well not actually, but it has been a recently been a busy time at the Museum with trolleys built by the "quality shops" of the St. Louis Car Company.
After a slumber of almost three years, PCC 2743 from Philadelphia, moves under its own power for the first time under the watchful eyes of museum volunteers.
Photos: Chuck K
Month Year:
June, 2007
Special Delivery!!!!
August 10, 2007
Two motors for PCC 2743 just overhauled by our friends at Huntingdon Electric Motor Service have returned to the museum for future reinstallation and are unloaded using out trusty Bobcat loader. The trolley's other too motors will follow the first pair soon.
Photo: Joel S.
Month Year:
August, 2007
