Now that Boston did hae peter witts can we get a car letered for te mta

My brother saw the bachman peter witt and sent me this, In essence they did have peter witts

Streetcars from Milan, Italy, built in 1928, were acquired by Muni for the extension of the service (now called the F Market & Wharves line) to Fisherman's Wharf. The cars are called "Peter Witt" cars because their design is based on one that Cleveland transit commissioner Peter Witt created for faster passenger boardings. The first "Peter Witt" cars entered service in about 1915. They were designed so that passengers would enter by the front doors and leave by the center doors. The conductor would be in the center of the car, and passengers did not have to pay until they left the car or went to the rear - the cars could provide faster service since they did not have to wait while passengers paid to get on board. Nine of the Milan cars are currently in service to Fisherman's Wharf, and others will be ready for service in the future.

It does look like the Boston cars were one of the early designs so you were correct. I don't know who constructed them though. But check this out: Brill was licenced to build the cars as were many other companies. check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Witt_streetcar
Jim

 ???Did the mta us the Peter Witt with the PCC my brother who sent pics  of the pccs and peter witt  he thinks it was a brill in stead of a petter witt, did brill make that kind of trolley  If it was a mta trolley will it be made in mta colors. Bostonians called them people eaters

Keep the tender that has the booster and add a stake for it Switch the truck to have the booster in the rear and you'll have a B&m mud sucker for sure

I just got word from Yamp bob that Okric, rich with a stick died this past weekend from a battle with pneumonia He was a quadriplegic who loved trains and this forum.

   I was practical I used 2x2 for legs and they started as 96 inches long cut in thirds yielded 3-32" legs which were the right hight for siting . Also there wasn't one place on the layout I couldn't reach. All wiring was done at the layouts front edge even the switch machines that were mounted on the back of the layout, were wired at the front. DCC made it very easy as everything was control with my NCE throttler
http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/pdleth/101_0273.jpg
this PHOTO SHOWS THE BUS LINE AND THE DIGITRAX UNIT THAT CONTROLLED THE SWITCH THROUGH MY nce Throttle

If you try High Ball graphics they special in in the northeast railroads

There are advantages to living in a nursing home. you train your self to work with what you have
Also, I have for years used Ubuntu on my computer instead of windows. Ubuntu provides me  with a free 5 gig storage for my files and more if I want it.I have many CDs with files on them including a vast collection of rail road photos, Including many from the Denver public library

Would  you use a piece of lexan to model the ice?

HP Hood was a Boston company that had a fleet of milk cars

I would think that the only reason for the saw dust was to keep all those blocks from freezing together. The only thing I remember as a kid wast to never eat yellow snow

In the old days milk was carried by trains to the creamery. The cans would always make it back to the right farm

Off  the B&M mainline in Wakefield there was a spur to set cars to get ice from a local lake. It was cut from the lake and shipped via rail car to Boston, for use, any one have info on what was involved

About 40 years ago my brother and I  built a large dc layout in his basement. When we went to DCC all we did was add another toggle switch to the control panel, one side was for DC the other was DCC so that they could not  used together. the only thing that is DC on DCC is the power to the switch master turnout motors

Very nice job as usual. Just be careful with the neolube around the drivers that have isulation on the tires like mantua or bowser locos. a quick scrap with an exacto blade will insulate the wheel again as neolube is very conductive.