[PRCo] Re: Wheels__&__Shoes

[Boris Cefer]

Hi, all!

When you want to know something, you can browse through an encyclopedia. And
if you don't have encyclopedia in your home, then simply ask Fred. He knows
everything!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 5:26 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wheels__&__Shoes


> Please allow me the privilege of punching holes in the theory that you
can't mix shoes and wheels.
> And there is really no problem at Arden mixing the two.  The only
potential frog problem is running northbound through the wrong side of Fair
Grounds siding ... which is done every year during Santa Claus period.
Problem there is more the alignment of the frog than anything else, and if I
run slow enough pole doesn't dewire.  The only problem we have is shoes not
tripping Nachod signal contactors, and that too isn't a problem if
> we run slow enough.
>
> The principal reason for using shoes were 1) they were not as prone to
dewirement at high speeds as wheels and 2) they were capable of collecting
higher amperages than wheels.

And so forth......