[PRCo] Re: The North Side Lines - the third TGM Pgh tape

[Jim Holland]

> "Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:

> . . .  One of the hilly Fineview trips took place
> during the winter and the brakes were either smoking or steaming like crazy.
> It looked like a steam engine idling at the station.

	My reaction similar to Fred's - what else was on fire?
	Had mucho experience with dragging drums in SF - ex-St.-Louis cars,
SF-1100s.  Smoke is gray and dissipates rather fast - smells horrible. 
Seriously doubt it was PCC brakes smoking!
	To be perfectly honest,  n-e-v-e-r  had that experience on PRCo and I
was definitely on the cars mucho.  Doesn't mean it didn't happen -
dragging drums - but never had that experience.  Once on ({[pat]}) - I
was on 1619 on Library inbound AM rush, very late 1960s.  17 broke down
in front, possibly drums, but don't know for sure.  We pushed her back
to SHJ from Mesta with passengers on both cars!
	What series car?  If air car, did it have drum or brake shoe?
	And if the trolleycar was really having trouble, what was the reaction
of people in the scene?
	In this case, sounds like an auto just started on this cold day and is
behind the trolleycar  --  mucho white exhaust from such a car and it
could blow under the trolleycar.  The result is like one of those trick
photos with 2-dogs side by side facing opposite directions making it
look like a 2-headed dog!

	Haven't viewed my tape as yet!

	I seriously doubt the bend in the trolley pole was 80-degrees - optical
illusion!

-- 
James B. Holland

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