Westinghouse PCCs on Route 21

[Robert E. Rathke]

I recently reviewed my route 21 photos, and don't recall having a single
photo of a 1700 series car on Fineview.  Years ago I remember reading
that trolleys used on Fineview had special gearing.  True?

Bob 10/1

 
On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:45:52 +0000 Kenneth and Tracie Josephson
<kjosephson at sprintmail.com> writes:
>Greetings All,
>
>I have read several sources that indicate General Electric equipped
>1600s were the cars of choice on Route 21 during its latter days. The
>reason stated is that the controls and braking on this group were 
>better
>suited for the extreme grades on the line. I suppose cars from the
>1726-1799 group were also used on this line. 
>
>I was looking for some pictures of 1400s and 1500s for Roger Dupuis 
>for
>a project he's involved in. I came across several nice shots of
>Westinghouse equipped car 1502 on Route 21.
>
>Now for my question: Was there anything special or different about the
>Westinghouse 1500s that allowed them to be used on Route 21? Or was 
>this
>a fluke in car assignments? Ken J.

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