tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post3954001892483932556..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: Visit to McKinney AvenueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-63998884577657345702016-01-14T20:13:15.384-06:002016-01-14T20:13:15.384-06:00Most of the Chicago PCC streetcars were shipped to...Most of the Chicago PCC streetcars were shipped to the St. Louis Car Company where all reusable parts were taken off and the bodies scrapped in the junk yard under the McKinley Bridge in St. Louis. Then those streetcar parts were installed on new bodies and the completed PCC rapid transit cars were shipped back to Chicago for almost immediate service on the elevated/subway system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-76509024735801300712016-01-13T20:25:54.997-06:002016-01-13T20:25:54.997-06:00Where is the McKinley Avenue system storing it str...Where is the McKinley Avenue system storing it streetcars - the carbarn/repair shop appears too small to hold everything not in use (with the arrival of the Boston double end PCC originally from Dallas, the Brussels PCC, etc)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-47087996738968318032016-01-10T19:17:08.541-06:002016-01-10T19:17:08.541-06:00But that's not what Emma herself has to say. ...But that's not what Emma herself has to say. And she ought to know. :)Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-5695712510368945392016-01-08T21:20:12.744-06:002016-01-08T21:20:12.744-06:00And the same thing happened with Chicago's PCC...And the same thing happened with Chicago's PCC's, but the parts were shipped back to Chicago in cans.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-23985979124923191932016-01-08T20:06:18.185-06:002016-01-08T20:06:18.185-06:00The book "PCC - the Car That Fought Back"...The book "PCC - the Car That Fought Back" by Stephen P. Carlson and Fred W, Schneider (released in 1980) indicated that the car builder La Brugeoise (acting for Brussels) in early 1956 thru early 1957 purchased 79 used PCCs from Kansas City - the cars were stripped in Kansas City of their trucks, motors, control equipment, brake gear and other components (including operator seats and destination sign box mechanism), crated and shipped to Belgium where that equipment was installed on new PCC fabricated non-articulated car bodies.<br /><br />The same thing happened with all of the Johnstown PCCs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-55467619760412588712016-01-08T19:31:28.609-06:002016-01-08T19:31:28.609-06:00From the information that I obtained a number of y...From the information that I obtained a number of years ago, the Johnstown PCCs were not shipped to Belgium - the trucks and electrical equipment was stripped from the PCC bodies after which the bodies were scrapped, and the stripped parts were sent to Belgium where that equipment was installed on new bodies. <br /><br />The same thing happened with the Kansas City PCCs - trucks and electrical equipment was stripped from the bodies and the bodies were scrapped in the US after which the equipment was installed on new bodies built in Belgium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com