Speed

[Vigrass, Bill]

Get a bigger horn!  Bill V.

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> From: 	Kenneth and Tracie Josephson[SMTP:kjosephson at sprintmail.com]
> Reply To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: 	Friday, October 15, 1999 2:53 AM
> To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: 	Re: Speed
> 
> Jim Holland wrote:
> > 
> > Greetings!
> > 
> > Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:
> > > I don't see 40 mph as an unrealistic speed for Route 42
> > > along some short stretches in Dormont or in Mt. Lebanon above Castle
> > > Shannon.
> > > Just keep automobiles off the grade crossings. :-/  Ken J.
> > 
> >         That's a PCC at full speed - really can't buy that!
> 
> Why not? I mean the current light rail cars, not the PCCs. The Potomac
> Avenue curve has been straightened and other curves have been reduced
> and/or super elevated to a degree. Why can't the cars (LRVs) operate at
> higher speeds, say from where the current line leaves the Washington
> Road tunnel northbound for a stretch? Ken J.
>