[PRCo] Re: PRCo___21--Fineview___PCCs

[Fred Schneider]

This one I have nothing to add except to spend time looking up the numbers.
I thought they were in the 1690s ... doesn't really matter.  All of the GE
1600s eventually wound up at Keating, and by the time Fineview lost its
5500s, they were all there because Millvale had closed.

Guaranteed that the spring drums on the 1700s (or 1600 even for that matter)
were inadequate.  I watched a 1700 slide blackwards down Henderson St.

Jim Holland wrote:

> Good Morning!
>
>         Some time back there was a discussion about the PCCs used on the
> scenic 21--Fineview line in Pittsburgh.   It was claimed that the
> 1700-series were not used here because of the spring-applied
> drums which were felt to be inadequate for the steep grades.
> (Fantrips, regardless of equipment, quite often travelled the
> 21-line, even 1700s and some 1700-series interurbans!)
>
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