Just wondering if PAT has no more of the old LRVs on the lines. The speed limit was 30 in most PRW when the old LRVs were running. Motorman told us that the speed limit would go up to 50 when nothing but new AND rebuilt LRVs were on the lines. Has this happened yet? Is it going to happen? -- "Ken & Tracie" wrote: Fred, what did those two young motormen in SLC tell us...that if the gearing was changed in their LRVs, they could do...what was it? 120 mph? How "legends" are born...:-) K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Schneider" To: Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 6:26 AM Subject: [PRCo] Re: TrolleyCar___Speed >I love it ... Jim's statement "the way we like to remember it." > > We had someone come to Arden and tell us we were idiots because we > didn't know that the Red Arrow cars were 75 mph vehicles and he knew > all about them. I notice that the new docent manual says 55 mph and > that was an error I put into the old one before I found the corrected > number. Westinghouse literature for the PST Brilliners with 1433 > motors is 59 mph balancing speed. I suspect that the postwar St. > Looies, being heavier, might be a little slower or might take a > little longer to get up to 59 mph. > > And my VW Passat goes like the wind too. But I also know that the > speedometer isn't correct and that it reads fast...67 to 68 when its > actually doing 65. And if I don't check tire pressure every week > it will read even faster. > > On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:24 AM, Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- > Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland wrote: > >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: James B. Holland" >>> >>>> Some of the comments are from People Within The Transit Profession, >>>> but even then these people suffer from the same that the rest of us >>>> suffer -- humanity and the tendency to remember conditions the >>>> way we >>>> want to remember them!! Some comments need to be taken with a grain >>>> of salt and compared to facts // statistics elsewhere for >>>> validation!!! >>> >> >>>> Ken & Tracie wrote: >>> >>> >>> Even so, nothing will top the story of the "75 mph race" between the >>> late 1930s Chevrolet and the PCC car we all read a few years ago. ;-) >>> >>> K. > > >