Re: [TAN] Falkirk 14

CHARLES BILLETTE
Monday, December 16, 2002 1:21 PM

Hi!

Falkirk No 14 was one of the Brush 'Pullman' cars with Maximum traction trucks and a stylish domed-roof body. The restoration was painstaking and the result is beautiful. Sadly it has nowhere to run and is not even on display.

The ex D&D cars were horribly modified at Falkirk. The bodies AND trucks were shortened, there were no two alike, and IMHO they looked like hen-houses on wheels! However, they were still trams and should be respected as such.

Chas

>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:22:02 +1100 (EST)

> CHARLES BILLETTE wrote:

>Hi!

>About 20 years ago I went to STIB Bruxelles, and purchased a fair quantity of equipment in connection with the restoration of Falkirk Car 14. This included item such as controllers, breakers, a motor-compressor and other bits. I found the people at STIB to be helpful and friendly in the extreme. Subsequently thair Car 9062 was brought to Scotland and still runs at the Summerlee Heritage Museum, Coatbridge. Summerlee have a spare truck for the car, also obtained from STIB.

>Don't waste any time enquiring about the PCC trucks, these people will help you all the way.

>Chas

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