[PRCo] Changed to PCC speed

Ken & Tracie kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Fri Oct 3 10:45:14 EDT 2003


boris6 at volny.cz wrote:

> I cannot imagine a PCC running at 60 mph (96 km/h) on tangent
> level track. Maybe on downgrade, yes. It might bring damaging
> results for traction motor armatures.

Fred, we should have had Boris with us in Salt Lake last year when those
two young motormen tried to tell us their light rail cars could reach
160 mph by merely changing the gearing! Do you know how difficult it was
tfor me to keep a straight face hearing this bogus boast while sitting
next to a coauthor of the definitive history of the PCC car?

K.



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