[PRCo] OT:___Boston___PCCs

[James B. Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:

> But you should ride the Mattapan - Ashmont cars in Boston. The chap 
> who was with
> me asked if I remembered the PCC "A" and PCC "B" cars from the 1930s. 
> Then he
> called the Boston cars, PCC "D" for degraded or downgraded. The 
> resilient wheels
> are long gone. The field shunts have been removed, reducing the top 
> speed to
> about 23 mph up hill, 26 mph down hill (if the speedometers are 
> correct). There
> also seems to be some sort of a misadjustment problem in the tickling 
> or spotting
> coil, so that air brakes come on about half the time ... very little 
> affect from
> dynamic brakes. One might make a case for them not even being PCCs anymore
> because they fail to meet the PCC performance specification.



Out of touch as far as Boston goes but I am under the impression that 
not a few PCC cars were completely overhauled for this operation.       
Or is it just body work which was redone?

Resilient wheels went out in the 1960s, didn't they?

Do these cars still have wheel tread brake shoes?       No Drums?


Jim__Holland