[PRCo] Re: Stick__Your__Fingers__In__This__One..............

[Boris Cefer]

If our cars' underfloor framing is in a very good condition after some 35
years of operation in salt slush, then 1138's underneath has to be truly
excellent. Of course, the areas where a steel sheet faces an another, suffer
always heavy corrosion.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:50 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Stick__Your__Fingers__In__This__One..............


> Probably very rusty.  Pittsburgh 1138 was fairly decent except for the
step
> wells because cinders were used for traction in snow throughout most of
its
> lifetime.  The 1500s, 1600s and 1700s were incredibly rusty underneath
> because, for much of their lives, salt was used to melt snow on streets.
I
> had been running 1711 at Arden for a long while.  I didn't know how bad it
was
> until we rebuilt it.  Then I was surprised that no one fell through the
floor
> or a step.