From Texas with Love

Frank writes...

PCC fans, we need your help! IRM has received a sizable shipment of prewar air-electric PCC parts from El Paso, as shown below. These were leftovers from their PCC rebuilding program - basically, the parts replaced by Brookville when they heavily rebuilt several of the city's 1936-vintage PCC cars - and were sold off in a government auction there. These parts were purchased by IRM and the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, which went in on the auction with IRM, so many of these parts are ours to keep and will serve as spares - or be rebuilt for - CSL 4021, if and when it ever gets restored. (No, that's not a plan in the near future, not unless you have a few hundred thousand bucks lying around that say it is...)

The cost to purchase these parts was generously donated by one of our regular volunteers. Where you come in is that it has cost a few thousand dollars to transport all these useful and not-made-anymore parts, and we need help paying for this! Donations to the Electric Car Department can be made at this link by selecting the appropriate button. You can also mail in a check or stop by the office. Thank you!

There's all sorts of good stuff here - MG sets, brake parts, accelerators, air compressors, trolley bases. This is all rare stuff from the very early days of PCC production. Your generosity is appreciated!