G.E. Equipped PCCs

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> How did the GE air cars "feel" in comparision to their more numerous Westinghouse
> counterparts?

	I was thinking about that as I wrote - they seemed very similar to
other air-electrics but I didn't understand the differences in equipment
until after I got Cox' book after leaving the Burgh.  John Swindler had
told me that he had heard that the 1680--1689 series had modified
braking for the 21-line but we were both in high school at that time if
I recall correctly.  I remember riding one of these cars and didn't
perceive any difference in operation from WH cars.

	The mixing of equipment may be just hedging bets - not putting all eggs
in one basket.  I don't see it as a negative and certainly GE equipment
was not bad.  No one would know which was better when PCCs first
appeared and according to the PCC books it could not be said that one
was better than the other when the North American PCC era ended.

	Pgh was a Westinghouse town - that was the real preference.

James B. Holland

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