[PRCo] Re: PRC 4398

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings
One of my most pleasant memories was of riding
the Port;amd Council Crest handbrake car in
SF on Market Street at 5PM  about 1984.

Jack Smith (now deceased) was the motorman. 
It was perfect. 

Where is this car now?  Back in Portland?

Harold Geissenheimer

Fred Schneider wrote:

>We have enough trouble teaching 60-year old men and women the difference between
>straight air valves and self-lapping valves.  I can only imagine the horror of
>trying to teach one how to blend manually controlled dynamic and track brakes
>with hand brakes!   If it were to be restored, I can imagine only a handful of
>people being able to run it.  And those front steps are really ADA compliant.
>And perhaps more than any one else there today, I would like to see it restored
>and operate it.  But then I have gone to National Capital and Crich just for the
>fun of running cars with those braking systems.
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>Fred the Curmudgeon
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>"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
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>>There are no original trucks extant for a 700, period.  The set we have,
>>which is close, came from PRC 4039.  The wheelbase is slightly shorter and
>>of course there is no provision for magnetic braking.  But we have the
>>blueprints for the brakes if someone wants to get carried away!
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
>>Dennis F. Cramer
>>Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:31 PM
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC 4398
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>>I believe Lincoln's funeral car was destroyed.
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>>The White House is not the same as Lincoln walked at night.  It was gutted
>>during the Truman administration.
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>>The floor of the Lincoln Law Office in Springfield is the same wood.  It was
>>never replaced.
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>>I do not think any of us are going to get to ride in a West Penn 700 at this
>>point.  Many of us would love the chance, but the brake system is just too
>>hard to recreate.
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>>Ed, are there original trucks for the 700's owned by Ed Mitchell?
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>>Dennis F. Cramer--Teacher-Trombonist-Historian-Conductor
>>www.geocities.com/armconband
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