tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post8286334634835854939..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: Visit to PlanoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-33421069641295007892016-01-13T13:48:08.165-06:002016-01-13T13:48:08.165-06:00Looking closely at the photos, yes; it appears bot...Looking closely at the photos, yes; it appears both couplers are mounted upside down. Brian L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-26159780446032748982016-01-12T18:43:07.551-06:002016-01-12T18:43:07.551-06:00It's funny you should ask that. I noticed the...It's funny you should ask that. I noticed the compressor, but didn't focus on the couplers enough to tell, and it's not obvious from my pictures. I would guess the answer is yes. The compressor is sitting on a home-made cradle welded together from angle iron by some local craftsman.<br /><br />I really don't like to be too critical about these details. We, for instance, went to considerable trouble and expense to replace a D3-F compressor with a D3-EG on the 308 because it was historically correct. But 998 out of a thousand people are never going to notice this level of detail, and for the majority of visitors who have no idea what an electric interurban might be, the museum at Plano is a great asset.Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-51404037788250958652016-01-12T17:28:59.049-06:002016-01-12T17:28:59.049-06:00Are the coupler and air compressor still mounted u...Are the coupler and air compressor still mounted upside down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-42535142840425973082016-01-12T12:28:17.130-06:002016-01-12T12:28:17.130-06:00Frank and I were discussing this backchannel a lit...Frank and I were discussing this backchannel a little. The car's trucks, couplers, controller, and other equipment all appear to be from the South Shore. They may have acquired these parts from Bob Harris, we're not sure. We're also not sure about the seats, at least they look like they could be original TE.Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-53381049280502668462016-01-11T10:08:40.305-06:002016-01-11T10:08:40.305-06:00Hi Randy,
My brother and I visited this fine li...Hi Randy,<br /> My brother and I visited this fine little museum a few years ago as participants in an Association of Railroad Museums conference. I think if you look carefully at the trucks under that interurban car, you'll find they came from a Chicago South Shore & South Bend car.<br /> Keep up the good work. Dan Buck Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com