Westinghouse PCCs on Route 21

[Vigrass, Bill]

I heard, read, or something, that the PCC's used on 21 Fineview had some
body panels below the floor line removed for clearance reasons.  I don't
know if that was true or not.  I agree with others that PCC gearing was
standard for all cars. Bill Vigrass

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> From: 	Kenneth and Tracie Josephson[SMTP:kjosephson at sprintmail.com]
> Reply To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: 	Friday, October 01, 1999 10:45 AM
> To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Cc: 	R2dupuis at aol.com
> Subject: 	Westinghouse PCCs on Route 21
> 
> 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.
>