More "Carbarn Sally" Pix on Dave's

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> 	I have just placed a maks/blinders on ye *young* list owner so we might 
> venture a little off topic:::::::

I'm not *that* cranky. But there are two problems with being off-topic.
One is people who are interested don't know to look here, and 2 is people
who care about the "on-topic" stuff might be chased away.

> Vigrass, Bill wrote:
> > 
> > And the Shaker Rapid.   Lots of
> > memories.   Bill V.
> 
> 	Would appreciate hearing of those memories but remember to blindfold the 
> list master first!
> 	I saw Shaker once and am very much enthralled with the system.  It 
> mirrors the PRCo interurban system with two lines using common trackage for 
> several miles from downtown Cleveland on prw then splitting into two lines  --  
> Van Aken (Drake) but completely double track and Shaker is Library.  Think there 
> was a South Park stop on the Shaker-Library-line!

but... with nothing like the tunnel, single track and high trestles found
on the Pittsburgh interurbans. Don't get me wrong, I like the Shaker
system (though I missed the PCC era there)...

> 	I believe that Shaker removed the dynamic governor so when the motorman 
> released the power pedal, the PCC cars rolled freely like older equipment.  This 
> makes the PCC a little more difficult to stop but on prw, that should not be a 
> real problem!

I really need a refresher on PCC brake options. I should go find my
Interurban Press PCC books; Wish I had found a copy of American Original
by Kashin....

I'm almost tempted to do an on-line roster of Pittsburgh Railways PCCs (or
maybe their whole fleet) but most of you guys know far more than I

-D