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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:29:48 -0800
From: Jim Holland <pghpcc@pacbell.net>
Subject: Track  Switch  Control
To: PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -- <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>
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Greetings!

	The PCC cars used a toggle on the dash for controlling track switches
and it was forbidden to use the power pedal thru the overhead contactor
to set the turnout for diverge.

	How did the low-floor cars and other non-PCC car set the switches?  Did
they have a toggle installed for such purpose or did they notch up the
controller and apply the brakes?

James B. Holland
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        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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