[PRCo] FW: [Interurbans] Re: Headlight Dimming switches and Windshield Wiper

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Pittsburgh Rwys' 100, 1000's, and 1100's had air-operated 
horizontal wipers as original equipment -- many of these 
cars were retrofitted with swing-arc wipers about mid-life. 
Each windscreen had a pair of two wipers which shuttled 
back and forth.  I never saw any of them work (in my mind, 
anyway) satisfactorily -- there didn't seem to be enough 
pressure exerted by the wiper on the glass.  PRC resolved 
the problem with a more conventional set-up on the 1200's.

In addition, Baltimore and Washington, DC, also retrofitted 
their early PCC's -- and possibly other properties did also.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: ROGERTROLLY at webtv.net [mailto:ROGERTROLLY at webtv.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:49 PM
To: Interurbans at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Interurbans] Re: Headlight Dimming switches and
WindshieldWiper


In Boston in days gone by , motormen used newspapers to wipe the
windshields of the cars  as there was something in the papers that made
the rain run down the window in a smooth sheet and was eisier to see
thru . Hand operated windshield wipers were sop on most trolleys before
the PCCs .  I will never forget in Pittsburgh seeing an old passenger
car converted to work car with HORIZONTAL WIPERS [2]  swinging back and
forth across the windshield.  Weird sight . never saw one like that. 


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