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Description
Limited edition
of
455
1947
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit St.Louis Car Co. PCC (51-55 series, ex-TCRT,
acquired in 1953/54) - original livery.
In January 1953 Shaker
Heights Rapid Transit agreed to buy twenty PCC cars from Twin City Rapid
Transit, TRCT numbers 340-359. The sale price was $415,000, it included
some electrical work and replacing the 25-inch wheels with the 26-inch
version favored by SHRT. The cars were repainted by the TCRT shop in the
Shaker livery: bright yellow body, three green stripes and gray roof.
Five of the cars, numbered 51-55 were not given MU controls and were intended
for non-rush-hour service in Shaker Boulevard branch. Other 15 cars were
rebuilt for MU operation (56-70 series). Car 55 was the first to be shipped
to SHRT, arriving in March 1954, all twenty cars were delivered by September
1954.
Scale 1:48
Available Now
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
25
455-1
1947
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit St.Louis Car Co. PCC (51-55 series, ex-TCRT,
acquired in 1953/54) - 1960s livery.
In 1960s the stop lights
on the Shaker PCC cars were removed and three green stripes livery was
changed to two thin or one wide green stipe version. Ex-Minneapolis cars
remained in service until December 1985.
Scale 1:48
Available Now
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Dealers
Photo: Bill Volkmer
50
455a
455a-1
M.U.-equipped cars of 56-70 series may be produced on special request at extra price. This is not a serial production model.
151a
1946
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit St.-Louis Car Co. PCC (40-49 series); ex-SLPS,
acq. in 1959
In
1959 Shaker Heights Rapid Transit acquired 10 PCC of 1700-series from
St.Louis Public Service Co. (ex 1766-1775).The SLPS Park Shops rebuilding
these cars with standard three-pedal control and rewiring them for multiple-unit
operation. All ten cars were painted in Shaker yellow/grey/green livery
before delivery. This group of cars was numbered 40-49 (car 40 was renumbered
50 in 1975) and remained in service until 1982.
- Ref.151a: "As delivered in 1959" (with dash lights, stop lights ,silver anticlimbers);
- Ref.151a1: "Mid 60s" (dash lights and stop lights
removed, yellow anticlimbers).
Scale 1:48
