[PRCo] Re: And Speaking of Rejected Cars.....

[Jim Holland]

> Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> I've read and heard the explanations for why 1775-1799 were scrapped during the late
> sixties and some 1600s were retained. Since the twenty or so surviving 1600s were
> "oddballs" by being in the minority during the 1972 -1987 (or so) period , was it
> really a case of "six of one, a half dozen of the other" if the GE 17s were retained
> instead? Would maintaining twenty five GE equipped all electric cars that otherwise
> matched the other seventy or so Westinghouse equipped 17s been that much more of a
> headache than maintaining twenty or twenty five cars with air brakes, air doors,
> different interior and body fittings?   Ken J.

	Probably not  --  BUT.......   we are looking from hindsight!  At the
time that  ({[pat]})  took over, they were  epithet--bent  at getting
rid of trolleycars.  The GE 1700s were unliked because of the strong
dynamic as the controller set up for braking when the power was released
(Governor might not be the correct term, but it sure is an epithet
shorter than "...the strong dynamic as the controller set up for braking
when the power was released..." in describing this action, so I shall
continue to use  *Dynamic--Governor*  when referring to said action) and
that was good reason for getting rid of possibly good cars and if more
were needed after this scrapping,  ({[pat]})  could simply say that
"none are available so we better go all bus!"
	We could make up all kinds of scenarios about this but nothing will
change the fact that the original 1775--1799 series was scrapped and
1600--series air-cars were upgraded and renumbered as 1700s in the
vacated slots!  Except that they started with 1776, not 1775!!
	At the date of the scrapping, it seemed almost sure that all
trolleycars would be gone soon and replaced by Sky--Gutterliner!!

-- 
James B. Holland