[PRCo] Re: PRCo___Dreaming - - - - - The__Next__Hit__Song!!(:->)

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> Fred Schneider wrote:

> As long as you're wandering aimlessly ... would
> not have 40 Red Arrow type Saint Louis cars have
> been nice for the interurbans ... adjusted perhaps to
> add a spotting circuit so that dymamic brakes come
> on at full strength from the get go instead of that
> lousy blending valve system that Red Arrow had?
> Those Commonwealth MCB trucks ride like a dream
> compared to anything ever put under a PCC when it
> came to rough track.  And the higher horsepower motors
> might have allowed the railways company to shave more
> time off the interurban runs (to make up for being
> stuck in traffic in Pittsburgh).  Oh, hell, while
> we're at it, lets just build a subway into downtown
> Pittsburgh, and new rights of way through Canonsburg,
> Monongahela and Charleroi.  Dreams are free.

	Nice dreaming!   But modify the body ends to be more
aesthetic.   Double-enders would not be needed because of all the
loops   ---   PRCo was pretty much a single-ended system.   Extra
maintenance for DE equipment.

	Actually, Washington line wasn't bad for prw  --  street running
thru Canonsburg is ok but maybe the prw could be realigned in
places.

	Tremendous amount of street running on Charleroi line  --  if
tracks could run along RR and bypass this with Limited stops
while allowing the Donora locals to pick up the slack on that
portion would be good!

	Do the Red Arrow PCC-like streamliners actually employ dynamic
braking?

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James B. Holland

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