[PRCo] Re: M454

[John Swindler]

Interesting.

So when you worked for PAT, did any of the cars carry a sleet cutter that 
motormen could install themselves or was everything stored at Tunnel??  Any 
tales from old timers of the not so good winter-time old days??

Just wondering.

John


>From: HRBran99 at aol.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: M454
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:22:14 EDT
>
>In a message dated 6/24/03 9:39:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>j_swindler at hotmail.com writes:
> > There's my three guesses with probabilities.  OK, who worked for the
> > company
>
>As in the previous post, they were to install sleet cutters on the trolley
>pole. They lasted into the PAT era but were seldom used. I would operate 
>ice
>cutter cars and the cutter was always installed inside the SHJct car house.
>
>I guess in the 'good old days' they would put ice cutters on every second 
>or
>third car on any given route. This would insure good operation. When the
>system got down to the basic three lines, only one or two 'ice cutter cars' 
>were
>required at one time.
>
>HrB
>

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