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 1947
STE Mexico City St.Louis Car Co. PCC 2000 (Job 1663) - original livery.
In
April 1946 Canadian controlled Mexico Tramways Company placed the order
with St.Louis Car Co. for one sample PCC car (Job 1663) which ran-on as
an extra car with Johnstown order. Painted read and cream, the car was
delivered in January 1947, being numbered 2000. The newest Mexican car,
called "La Bella Rosa" was placed in service in the deluxe,
premium fare service running to Mexico's City famous floating gardens
at Xochimilco. The Federal District's new Servicio de Transportes Electricos
was organized in 1947, but did not completely take control of local transport
until 1952. No more new PCC cars were bought and all next Mexico City's
PCCs were second hand cars from Minneapolis and Detroit. Later car 2000
was repainted in the cream & dark green colors and left hand doors
were fitted as on other PCC cars.
Available also in the cream & dark green livery (Ref.63-1)
on order.

Scale 1:48
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426e
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 1948
ACF-Brill TC-44 (CMTC Sao Paulo 3080-3154-seies, ex-Denver, acq. in 1957-58).
In
1957-58 Sao Paulo's Companhia Municipal de Transportes Coletivos (CMTC)
acquired 75 trolley coaches from Denver, Co. for use on its new trolleybus
routes. The ex-Denver coaches were both old TC-44 type with small windshield
and latest version with large windshield; they were numbered 3080-3154
and were repainted in the CMTC red and cream colors.
Scale: 1:43
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DISCONTINUED MODELS
All these models are out of current production line. We have last
very limited stock for some of them; some models may be re-produced
on special request, please call us or your dealers for more information.
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 1948
Pullman-Standard 44CX Trolleybus (Bogota 21-30 series; ex-Greenville)
Bogota acquired ten second-hand Pullman-Standard
trolleybuses from Greenville, SC in 1956 in addition to 20 initial CCF-Brill
coaches. They were numbered 21-30 and remained in service until late 60s.
Scale 1:43

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139b
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 1951
ACF-Brill T-46 Trolleybus (CME Mexico City, ex-Winnipeg )
Revenue trolleybus service in Mexico City was inaugurated
on 6th April 1952; first trolleybuses were delivered by Westram from the
USA. In 1950s and 1960s many second-hand trolleybuses from USA and Canada
were delivered to Mexican capital, mainly Marmon-Herringtons from Cleveland,
Milwaukee and San Francisco but also a Brill and Pullman-Standard trolleybuses.
Metro Winnipeg ACF-Brills T-46 were sold to Mexico City in 1969, becomes
No.3293-3299. Many Marmon-Herringtons and some Brills were rebuilt in
1980s.
Scale 1:43

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146b
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 1989 ZIU-682 Trolleybus (Cordoba, Argentina)
All trolleybuses for new system in Cordoba, Argentina were
imported from Russia; ZIU plant supplied more than 30 standard vehicles
of model 682. In the recent year some of these trolleybuses were rebuilt
in two-door configuration. Delivery of 50 new trolleybuses from Norinco
(of China) began in October 1999 and these will replace all of ZIU vehicles
during 2000-2001.
Scale 1:43

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146e
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 1975 ZIU-682 Trolleybus (Bogota 2000-2074
series)
In
1967 Colombia traded coffee for 50 Soviet ZIU-5 trolleybuses, numbered
650-699, to replace the old fleet of original Canadian Brills and second-hand
U.S. Marmons and Brills. In 1975 75 more Soviet trolleybuses were also
traded for coffee, in this case they were more modern ZIU-682 vehicles,
numbered 2000-2074. In August 1991 the trolleybus system in Bogota was
closed.
Scale 1:43

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163
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 1947
Pullman-Standard Trolleybus (Valparaiso, ex-Santiago, Chile)
Trolleybus
operation in Chile started on 31 October 1947 when first route was opened
in Santiago; 100 new trolleybuses, numbered 801-900 were delivered by Pullman-Standard
in 1947/48. Valparaiso inaugurated its first trolleybus route on 31 December
1952; 30 new trolleybuses were also built by Pullman-Standard. When Santiagos
system was closed in 1978 its remaining Pullmans went to Valparaiso; Since
1992, No. 814 has been the oldest trolleybus without bodywork modification
still in service anywhere in the world; #814 probably remains in service
today. There are now about 14 Pullman-Standard trolleybuses in Valparaiso,
seven of which were rebuilt between 1986 and 1992; 22 other Pullmans are
in storage, including 18 that were rebodied in 1990/91 for a later (1991-1994)
Santiago trolleybus system.
Scale 1:43
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163a
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 1947/48
Pullman-Standard Trolleybus (ENT Santiago 801-900 series)
On 15th September 1945 the tramway companies in Santiago
and Valparaiso in Chile was taken over by the Chilean Government and the
new company called Empresa Nacional des Transportes (ENT) was formed. ENT
started with a program of tramway replacement and in the same year the large
batch of 100 brand-new trolleybuses was ordered from Pullman-Standard in
the USA. First vehicles were delivered in early 1947 and Chilean President
tested a trolleybus No. 801 in July 1947. The revenue service was started
on 31st October 1947 with 17 trolleybuses and during 1948 the remaining
vehicles arrived from USA. In 1953 ENT ordered 100 more vehicles from Vetra
in France to replace the last routes in Chiles capital city. The system
was closed on 18th June 1978 and all survived Pullmans were transferred
to Valparaiso.
Scale 1:43
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175c
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 1947 CC&F-Brill T-44
Trolleybus (Bogota 1-20 series)
The
trolleybus system in Bogota was opened on April 12, 1948. The order for
20 new trolleybuses was placed by Tranvia Municipal de Bogota to Canadian
CC&F company. They were a standard T-44 models and they were produced
in 1947 (serial numbers 5310-5329) and shipped to Colombia. In Bogota
they were numbered 1-20. Canadian Brills ran in Bogota until 70s when
they were replaced by Soviet ZIU trolleybuses.
Scale 1:43

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177
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 1991
ZIU-683 Articulated Trolleybus (EMIR Cordoba, Argentina)
The trolleybus system in Cordoba, Argentina was opened on
7th May 1989; all trolleybuses were delivered by Russian ZIU company;
by 1995 there were 32 ZIU-682 and 12 ZIU-683 Articulated vehicles ran
on 3 routes. First operating concession was issued by the municipal government,
who own the system) to Expresso EMIR company, but after 1994 the system
has been run by other private companies or directly by municipality; the
present operator, since December 1997, is a company named TroleCor, and
it's buying new Chinese trolleybuses to replace the ZIU.
Scale 1:43

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 1947
Pullman-Standard 44CX Trolleybus (CMTC SaoPaulo 3004-3009 series)
The trolleybus system in Sao Paulo was opened on 22d April
1949 with 30 imported vehicles comprising 4 British BUTs, 6 Pullman-Standards
and 20 Westrams from the U.S.A. Six Pullman-Standard trolleybuses were built
in 1947/8 and were numbered 3004-3009. Many of old trolleybuses in Sao Paulo
were later rebuilt but in early 60s some of the Pullmans were remained
in its original condition.
Scale 1:43

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