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Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine?
Author: R Ruiz
Date: 05-06-2012 - 21:02

PE Numbers 600 through 759 were "Hollywood" cars. 735-749 were upgraded to become "Valley Sevens" in '38 for faster service over Cahuenga Pass to the San Fernando Valley. None survive. Abenseth and friends used 717 to replicate this lost class of cars.

717 is currently close to its original appearance as built in the early 1920s. The Hollywoods were "streamlined" in '39 or '40 with the addition of skirting, new lighting, and the winged butterfly paint scheme. This styling was probably done to match the PCCs that had been ordered that same year.

Most of this is from memory, so please forgime my mistakes. I am admittedly not sure when the "Hollywood" nickname was applied, but I think this class was not renumbered in the 5050 series until '49 or so.

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  How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Marty Bernard 05-05-2012 - 21:05
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? P.Kepler 05-05-2012 - 21:19
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Marty Bernard 05-05-2012 - 22:09
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? curious 05-06-2012 - 06:53
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Ken Shattock (KRK) 05-06-2012 - 07:23
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? P.Kepler 05-06-2012 - 07:39
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Carl Renable 05-06-2012 - 16:28
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? R Ruiz 05-06-2012 - 21:02
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Carl Renable 05-06-2012 - 21:07
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? fkrock 05-07-2012 - 08:49
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Gary Starre 05-07-2012 - 17:13
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Doug Ward 05-08-2012 - 20:43
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Dr Zarkoff 05-08-2012 - 22:16
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Marty Bernard 05-07-2012 - 11:38
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Shortline Sammie 05-07-2012 - 19:59
  Re: How Do You Pull a PE Hollywood Car With a Switch Engine? Gary Starre 05-07-2012 - 23:15


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