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Limited edition of
450
1944/45
British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Canadian Car & Foundry PCC (Orders
1555/1605, 404-435 series) - original livery.
In
1942 the British Columbia Electric Railway Co. approach the Federal Transit
Controller with a request for 20 PCC cars for use on Grandview - Fourth
Ave. route. The order was approved but reduced to 17 cars which were delivered
in Vacouver in early 1944. These cars were similar to Toronto Class A-4
cars built at the same time. The cars were numbered 404-420 and joined
the small Vancouver PCC fleet of four cars used on short Kitsilano route.
Fifteen more cars, numbered 421-435 arrived in 1945 and 32 PCC cars were
used to modernize the Kingsway line. New Vancouver PCC cars were painted
in the traditional BCER red and cream livery with a X on the dasher denoting
a front entrance car.
Scale 1:48
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10
450-1
1944/45
British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Canadian Car & Foundry PCC (Orders
1555/1605, 404-435 series) - - late 1940s - early 1950s livery.
The
second paint scheme of the Vancouver PCCs was almost the same as orignal,
but the X front entrance sign was replaced by larger cream triangles.
Scale 1:48
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25
450-2
1944/45
British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Canadian Car & Foundry PCC (Orders
1555/1605, 404-435 series) - - post'49 livery.
Late
in 1949 BCER began repainting its PCCs in Rineaux cream with red thunderbird
decorations. The Kingsway routes were converted in 1950 and the PCC cars
were transferred to the Grandview and Hastings East routes, last of them
was converted in April 1955. The BCER attempted to sell all its PCC cars
to Toronto in 1951, but the offer was rejected. After end of the rail
service, the cars were sold to a dealer who tried to sell them to Vienna,
Austria, but without success. The bodies of the Vancouver PCCs were scrapped
while their equipment was sold to other properties.
Scale 1:48
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