[PRCo] Re: More Thoughts on 1600s versus 1700s

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/9/03 1:30:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
kjosephson at sprintmail.com writes:

> I seem to recall him replying there was a
> much better riding quality on the P.R.O.W. sections with the B-3 equipped
> 16s as opposed to the B-2 equipped 16s, but all the 17s were better riding
> than the best of the 16s.
> 

Private right of way was the place to see if a car ran true or bounced around 
like a ping pong ball. The street running tracks remained fairly level and 
true while the PRW tracks were suspect to undermining, rotting ties, 
misgauged rail, etc. The B3 trucks were superior to the B2. Then, they should 
have been, they were the next step in new technology.

Most, but certainly NOT all, 17s rode better than the 16s. I can remember 
that several (fleet numbers not remembered) 17s were a pain in the @$$ to 
operate on the PRW. The bounced up and down and from side to side to the 
point that passengers would have frightened looks on their faces, probably 
thinking they were going to be placed in harms way at any second.

HrB