[PRCo] Re: Track Gauge -- Philly vs. PRCo

[Fred W. Schneider III]

You would have to talk to Bruce Wells about that.  Probably a car by car
situation.  The 1/4 inch caused problems with PSt 66 but I think it was
only one truck and it may have been farther out of gauge, and that was
corrected in the recent truck rebuilding.  The specifics of the
problem?  It would try to pick the switch leading into Arden Loop in one
direction, but of course not in the other.  

"Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:
> 
> So did the museum re-gauge the Philly cars??????
> 
> There is no such thing as Pennsylvania broad gauge ... it varies all the
> way from 62 1/4 for many properties in the Philadelphia area to 63
> inches in Altoona.  But there were more actual companies in the state
> using 56 1/4 inch gauge.
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net]
> Sent:   Monday, June 11, 2001 4:38 AM
> To:     pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject:        [PRCo] Track  Gauge  --  Philly  vs.  PRCo
> 
> > Fred W. Schneider III wrote:
> 
> > 0.25 inch.
> 
>         Insomnia??
> 
>         Or up for the morning Jog??
> 
>         Subject line change!
> 
> --
> James B. Holland