[PRCo] Re: GE 1700 on 39-Brookline in 1966?

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!



> Ken & Tracie wrote:

> a Route 39 car....... as being 1777 (I).

> I seem to recall reading somewhere that
> some North Side cars wound up at South
> Hills for a while after the closing of
> Routes 10-15. Would that explain the
> presence of a GE 1700 on Route 39,
> or did Roberta mus-label the photo?

> I seem to recall a discussion concerning
> this topic some time ago.

> K.



	You better start taking your blueberries and anti-oxidants on a
super regular basis, Ken.    Think you have asked the same
question 4-5--times in the last couple years.:):)

	Yes we have had such a discussion.    And when Boris asked
recently about differences between GE and WH I mentioned that the
GE cars in South Hills From The North Side were adamantly
disliked by Interurban Motormen because the spotting cycle
brought in Very Strong Dynamics each time the power was released.

	Many if not All the North Side PCCs ended up at South Hills, and
this while some of the North Side routes were still operating.   
And that Strong Spotting Cycle on the GE-1700s is what side-lined
them and led to their being scrapped and thus giving the
opportunity for some 16s to be saved with the ReIncarnation of
TrolleyCars in 1972.



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