[PRCo] Re: (No To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> That paragraph about motor failures was pure Brownie.  Just like the
> Connellsville car house was in Uniontown!  There is no reason the motors
> would not tolerate the voltages out there...if the motors were running that
> close to their top end something would be radically wrong.  The cars served
> well on Latrobe, Phillips and Fairchance until the demand for larger cars
> necessitated the conversion of 8 of the 10 remaining 2-man 700s.  But the
> motors did not like water...and they were closer to the street on the Irwin
> line!  The Valley Route was largely side-of-the road with sidings extending
> out into the street.

	Tarentum proper was street running.    I can see  *some*  validity to
voltage problems; have heard of similar for other properties.    With
700-volts the average, each motor would take 350-volts in full parallel,
16%-higher than rating.    Hysteric cars here in SF often get to full
parallel under much more dense operating conditions.    Maybe you will
yet find the news article on snow and water.    (Also, don't know of a
traction motor that  *likes*  water!:~>))

> Jim, why does all my email from you come through looking like this?  And I
> get a second copy, too, with MY name as the sender!  Any thoughts?

	I used  *forward*  as a response because you also included info from
Fred and wanted to keep it all in one place for saving.    My copy
returned thru PRCo mail list did Not Look Like That  --  just the
standard simple headers!
	Used simple quote to respond here  --  should not be a problem.
	Don't know why you got 2-copies  --  Derrick?

> Thanks,
> Ed

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