Car Life

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, John Swindler wrote:

> - What gearbox problems were encountered in other cities Duewag cars with 
> the same monomoter truck, such as Sacramento, Calgary, Edmonton, San Diego 
> and Frankfurt?  And more recently, Denver and Salt Lake City?  Or were 
> different gearboxes supplied to these other cities?

Actually I did see a discussion of that somewhere, though Frankfurt didn't
come up. I don't remember the resolution, or where.

> -  If the same gearbox was supplied for monomoter trucks in these other 
> cities, what was their solution?  And what about settlement with Siemens?  
> Or was PAT the only outfit able to encounter problems that resulted in 
> service reductions?

"able to encounter"? Lack of maintenance? Operating conditions? There's an
implication there, but I'm not sure which;-)

-D