[PRCo] Re: it snowed

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> apropos, how about that snow removal equipment...

> M1276 was supposed to be able to be used to "plow" snow, but didn't work
> out, right? I don't think we've really talked about it.

	YES   ---   M-A-N-Y   times I have said that the probable reason was
not just light-weight of the PCC  (doubt a single truck sweeper weighs
much)  but the fact that the plow itself was constructed wrong.    The
plow was in the shape of an Arrow  ">"   ---   snow being scooped up by
the plow would press down on the same and thus add weight to the front
truck.

	B-U-T   snow also gets packed *under*  the plow and an Arrow shape,
">",  would then  *lift*  the front of the car.
	VERY    BAD    DESIGN    OF    THE    PLOW   seems to be the biggest
problem with M1276 (plus the fact it is GE!~:))

> At

http://lists.dementia.org/mlist/pittsburgh-railways/2000-10/msg00044.html

> we see that M1276 derailed on "the 38A loop at Shannon".
> Other than that I think we only really talked about:

> -where the trucks went

Don't remember this at all.
	Where did the trucks go?
		And Why?

> -and a brief mention of it in January 2001

> We had some discussion of some of the other snow removal equipment
> also in December 2000 and in April of this year, as well.

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